Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Mo Hun sneered and said, "Help us? It's obvious that they want to annex the Yue country themselves, so it's just a matter of pushing the boat along. You have to tell them that this condition alone is not enough!"

Chupi Peng smiled obsequiously and said, "Your Majesty's words are very true, but at the moment, the Wu Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom are not bordered by the Linjiang Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom. If the Wu Kingdom can conquer the Yue Kingdom, they will fight with the Liang Kingdom Now that we have bordered, as long as we push a little bit, Wu State will put pressure on Liang State on the border, and even invade Liang State on a large scale."

Mo Hun nodded, hummed, and asked again: "Wu Guo is like this, but what is Wei Guo's attitude?"

Chupi Peng continued: "Your Majesty must be blessed by God Shiva. Cao Cao, the lord of the Wei Kingdom, even sent envoys to come to his door, begging us to attack the Liang Kingdom and recover Hongshawadi. Cao Cao said, as long as we If we launch an attack, he will press the army to the border of Liang State in the far north to reduce our pressure. If we can successfully drive Liang Jun away from Hong Shawadi, he will agree to invade Liang State and solve the problem completely. Our north suffers."

After hearing this, Mo Hun was overjoyed and said: "It's so good. I actually have the confidence to fight with Mosuo together. I can defeat the Liang army in Sawady and capture Sawady and Mande, and even drive the Liang army back to the north. However, this was only a temporary victory achieved by taking advantage of the emptiness of the Liang army. Once the Liang army mobilized a large army from the north. At the same time, the Liang army on the island of Ceylon also withdrew. At that time, even if our army was supported by the Chula fleet, It is definitely not their opponent. But now that Wu and Wei have agreed to help us hold back the Liang army, the king has no such worries! Therefore, the king decided to send troops to Sawati, and together with the Zhuluo First Fleet, Sawati Liang soldiers from Dicheng."

Before he finished speaking, he shouted loudly for a moment: "You must not, my lord! You must not, you are gambling with the community of Funan Kingdom." Everyone followed the reputation, and it turned out that it was the Prime Minister Fan Man.Seeing that the Prime Minister was like this, all the ministers also advised one after another.

"Your Majesty, don't take this risk. We can't use Funan Kingdom's fortune to gamble for petty profits."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the risk of this strategy is not trivial."

"All of these discussions are based on reasoning and speculation. If things don't develop according to what the meeting said, what should we do in Funan?"

"Yes, yes, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Mo Hun's face turned red and turned white, and he suddenly shouted: "Shut up, all of you, do you respect me or the prime minister?!" As soon as these words came out, all the officials fell silent, and the hall became silent For a few seconds.Under the leadership of Fan Man, everyone knelt down and said in unison: "What is the king talking about, we naturally respect the king."

"That's good, I've decided on this matter, you go and prepare according to what I said! There are rebels here, kill them without mercy! Even if this battle is a gamble, this king will gamble on it. Because it may be too lucrative! It is naturally feasible to take a small risk and make a big profit!"

Seeing what Mo Hun said, all the officials didn't dare to say anything, even the frustrated Fan Man didn't refute, so they had to get up and go back home while the court servants chanted.

Mohun immediately sent someone to send a reply letter to Mosuo, promising him to immediately send troops to the Hongshawadi area occupied by Liang State.On the second day, he personally led thousands of Funan troops to Hongshawadi in the northwest direction.

Chapter 423 Fly over

In the jungle, it was dusk, hundreds of war elephants and thousands of infantry were still trudging through the forest.This is the Funan Army led by Mo Hun, accounting for half of Funan's total force.

Although Mo Hun led the army himself, he also brought Fan Man and his son Fan Tuo with him.On the one hand, he has self-knowledge, he has to rely on Fan Man for making plans, and Fan Tuo for marching and fighting.On the other hand, he was also worried about leaving the two of them alone in Angkor Thom.Now it is Chupi Peng who has just been appointed as the acting government in Angkor Thom, because this person has no foundation in Angkor Thom, which just makes Mo Hun quite relieved.

After a few days of hard marching, the army crossed a hill covered with tropical plants, and the sea suddenly appeared in front of them.Fan Tuobi said to Mohun, "Your Majesty, we will go north along the coast from here, and we will reach Sawady by following the coast. But I think we should march south along the coast first."

Mo asked puzzledly: "Why do you want to do this?"

Over there, Fan Man replaced Fan Tuo and replied: "Your Majesty, the Langyaxiu Kingdom is about [-] or [-] miles south of here, and it has become a loyal vassal state of Liang Kingdom. If we don't care about it, we will go directly to attack Shawadi , it secretly sent troops to attack me behind and cut off my supplies. In addition, from the hinterland of Funan to Sawady, although the distance in a straight line is not long, it has to pass through many barren lands and climb countless high hills. Difficult to do, difficult to supply. If we can't make a quick decision, we must first find a supply base for the transfer of food and grass. The capture of Langyaxiu City is perfect as a transfer point."

Mo Hun pondered for a while and said: "What the prime minister said is also reasonable, but if we attack Langyaxiu first, the news will definitely be leaked. It will not achieve the effect of a surprise attack on Sawady. According to the Zhuluo people, the Sawady city and the The acropolis next to it called Tenglong City is extremely strong and tall. If Liang Jun is prepared in advance, it will be difficult for us to capture Sawady Port. Therefore, this king decided to capture Sawady first. Didn’t the Prime Minister just say that we can’t quickly It is necessary to find a transit base when the battle is decided quickly. But this king is interested and confident that he will be able to capture Sawady Port in one battle."

Fan Man was about to open his mouth to remonstrate, when he suddenly thought that if Mohun's wish for a quick battle failed, he might just withdraw his troops and let it go, so there is still room for redemption.So Fan Man opened his mouth for a long time, and then closed it again.

The army of Funan Kingdom rushed northwest along the coast. At this time, the entire Andaman Sea was under the control of the Zhu Luo Army's first fleet, and it was impossible for Liang Kingdom's land scouts to patrol here.So they don't have to worry about being discovered by Liang Jun's patrolling troops.On the contrary, on the third day, when they were more than a hundred miles away from the mouth of the Inovaddy River, they were discovered by Mosuo's sea scouts, and the two armies established contact.The two parties agreed that at a certain moment, they would attack Sawady from sea and land at the same time.

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After a downpour, the air in the Ayeyarwady delta is surprisingly clean, but it can quickly turn muggy as the sun returns to the skies.

In a gazebo in Tenglong City, Zhuge Jin and Liao Hua were playing black and white pieces.Liao Huaming noticed that he was at a disadvantage, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said, "Everything is good here, except that it is hot after the rain. I can't think because of the heat. Tzuyu, someone is going to take a shower. Chess will not be played first."

Zhuge Jin didn't think Liao Huaqi was good, so he took a sip of herbal tea and said, "In time, if the troops from Funan Kingdom come, this day should be here."

Liao Hua said indifferently: "Hey, you scholars just think too much, maybe the Lord of Funan Kingdom is not willing to help the Zhuluo people at all? Even Mosuo, the leader of Zhuluo, never asked the Funan people for help! "

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said: "No, Mosuo must have asked or begged Funan to send troops. But it is possible that the King of Funan is unwilling to help the Zhuluo people. It's just that we have to prepare for the worst situation, assuming that the Funan people will agree. Zhu Luo's request is to send troops to attack me from land."

Liao Hua suddenly remembered something, and exclaimed: "If the Funan people really appear to attack Sawady as you said, then we can't both stay in Tenglong City, and one of us has to go to Sawady City. This time and last time It's different. Last time we all knew that the Chola people didn't have an army, so they couldn't take Sawady City. But this time it's different. If the Funan people come, they will come out in full force. Sawady City can't be without one A high-ranking general."

Zhuge Jin laughed and said: "Don't worry, Yuan Jian, even if the enemy army suddenly appeared outside the city and cut off the traffic between Tenglong City and Sawady City, I can also send you back to Sawady City safely. "

Liao Hua said suspiciously, "Could it be that you dug a tunnel between the two cities?"

"Of course not. Tunnel digging is such a huge project." As soon as Zhuge Jin finished speaking, the two of them vaguely heard the majestic sound of drums outside the city. The sound of the drums was clearly not Liang Jun's war drums. The sound was made, and that sound was obviously the sound of the Conch, not the Bull Horn that Liang Jun was used to.The faces of the two changed slightly, and they said in unison: "The enemy army is coming."

An hour ago, Mohun's thousands of troops emerged from the jungle southeast of the delta of the Inovaddy River.Mosuo's fleet had already been waiting for them on the coastline at that place as agreed. Except for the elephant soldiers, thousands of Funan infantry boarded the Chula ships and rushed towards the city of Sawady, so they avoided Liang Jun scouts patrolling the delta area.They came directly to Sawady and Tenglong City.

Standing on the deck, Mo Hun showed a satisfied smile on his face. He saw his army continuously landed on the coast, quickly organized the siege formation, and carried countless ladders to the four closed gates. Tenglong City and Sawady City rushed.But the defenders of Tenglong City and Sawady City did not respond. They must have never expected that their army would suddenly approach the city.

There are also some Zhuluo battleships rushing into the empty Sawady Port, and the city wall outside the water gate of Tenglong City, shooting arrows all over the city.At this time, Liang Jun began to launch a counterattack, and those water-powered automatic ballistas that had shown great power fired another round of stone projectiles into the sea.Longbowmen also shot at the enemy from the solid towers and behind the battlements.It was only then that Mo Hun realized that he was wrong. Liang Jun was obviously on high alert, so he could organize a counterattack so quickly.

On the top of the city, Liao Hua hurriedly said to Zhuge Jin: "Ziyu, you can send me back to Sawady Port anytime you just said. But now the enemy has really cut off the traffic between the two cities. Are you letting me fly over?"

Zhuge Jin laughed and said: "You are right, I want you to fly there."

Liao Hua suddenly understood: "You want me to take an airship? But now the wind is so strong, I don't know where it blows after taking off. The elephant and livestock pulling the airship can't leave the city. How can I fly?"

Chapter 424

Mo Hun on the battleship heard the exclamation and sighs of the surrounding soldiers, and pointed towards the distance.

Mosuo looked up, and a huge monster appeared in his sight.He thought he was dazzled, but it was just a cloud.He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, only to be sure that it was not an illusion, but indeed a huge artificial object floating in the air.And there is a hanging basket at the bottom, and there seems to be someone riding in it.

In the basket of the airship were Liao Hua and two personal guards. They were rushing to Sawady City to command the defense there.It turned out that Zhuge Jin had already made preparations.In order to prevent the two cities from being isolated during the siege of Sawady by the enemy, Zhuge Jin ordered people to build two tall towers in the two cities, with tall columns on the towers.The two columns are connected by ropes to lead an airship.Turn the winch and pull the rope to drag the airship to move freely between the two cities.

Mo Hun murmured to himself: "I have heard that Liang State has a magic weapon that can lift into the sky, but I took it as nonsense. Now seeing is believing. The strength of Liang State is indeed as powerful as in the legend, and it is unfathomable." .”

On the shore, the Funan army that had already landed was surprised when they saw the airship.Some lost their souls and worshiped, some were at a loss and looked around, and some ran away.But Fan Tuo, who was commanding on the shore, quickly came to his senses and shouted: "Don't panic, this is just a weapon worn by Liang Jun on the rope, and it is not a divine power. Shoot them with arrows!"

Under Fan Tuo's strict order, the soldiers of the Funan Army recovered from the chaos, and the crossbowmen shot wildly at the airship in the air, but their arrows had completely lost their speed at that height, reaching the point of exhaustion, of course Nothing works.

Under the pull of the rope, Liao Hua easily reached the city of Shawadi.He climbed to the top of the city and began to command the battle.Some Funan soldiers rushing to the front are already approaching the top of the city.Those Zhuluo ships that fired arrows at the city also stopped shooting.One of them had just poked his head out from the crenel of the wall when he was stabbed through the neck by Liang Jun who was lying behind the crenel and fell down.The Funan soldiers who followed behind climbed up to the crenel were beheaded and killed on the spot by the two armies before they could even stand on the top of the wall.

The Funan people did not carry heavy siege equipment, and even the elephant soldiers had not arrived yet.Facing the elite Liang army soldiers who had been prepared for a long time, these Funan soldiers who launched the siege in a hurry were naturally no opponents.After fighting fiercely for half an hour, the Funan army did not even capture the two cities of Sawady and Tenglong, and no one even managed to reach the top of the city.

Seeing this scene, Mo Hun, who was still watching the battle on the boat in the distance, felt anxious.Suddenly there was a loud bang, and the hull of the ship he was on tilted violently, and he fell on the deck. It turned out that a huge stone bullet hit his ship.

His personal guard quickly helped him up, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Hurry up, get the boat out of the range of the enemy's catapult!" Just as Mo Hun's flagship was leaving, Fan Tuo on the shore also saw the opponent's city. Impossible to be breached, ordered to withdraw troops.Funan soldiers immediately set up a camp on the coast not far from Shawady.

In the tent of the commander of the Funan Army, Mo Hun was in the upper seat, and the generals who followed him were on the two sides, discussing the next step.Fan Man said to Mo Hunheshi: "Your Majesty, the Liang army is obviously prepared. Judging from today's battle situation, it is impossible for us to invade and occupy Sawady. At the same time, our supply line is long and dangerous. Why don't we take advantage of the loss to pay back?" No big deal, let’s withdraw our troops.”

Mo Hun raised his eyelids and twitched his lips, but there was no response in the end.Fan Man winked, Fan Tuo and the other generals understood, put their hands together and saluted: "Please think about Funan Sheji, Your Majesty, and retreat as soon as possible."

Mo Hun said coldly: "Everyone, our army has already launched, and more importantly, we have already launched an attack on Liang Jun, and this enmity has been forged. There is no turning back after opening the bow, and it is meaningless to retreat now. Ah. Could it be that because of our retreat, Liang Guo will not remember this grudge?"

Fan Man immediately responded: "Your Majesty, it's not too late to stop now. When we retreated, we sent an envoy to Shawadi to apologize to Liang Guo and compensate them with some gold and silver. He also promised not to fight with them again in the future." If they are enemies, they may be able to dispel the hostility of each other."

Mo Hun sighed, and said: "It's not that easy..." He was interrupted by the soldier's report halfway through.

"Report to Your Majesty, Zhu Luo Admiral Mosuo is waiting outside the tent to see him."

In fact, even if Liang Guo would not retaliate against Funan for this, Mo Hun did not intend to withdraw his troops, and he still held the illusion that he could defeat Liang Jun.He thought that when his elephant soldiers and the baggage carrying the siege equipment arrived, he would be able to capture Sawady.

At this time, Mosuo was worried that he could not respond to the request of the ministers to retreat. When he heard Mosuo came to visit, he hurriedly said, "Let him in quickly. How can you make him wait? After all, he is a general of the Shang Kingdom. He will come again later." , You don’t need to report, you can directly enter the account to see the king.” After hearing his words, everyone looked at each other, knowing that it would be useless to persuade them, they all fell silent.

Not long after, Mosuo stepped into the big tent, saw Mohun's face and laughed and said: "The last general will pay his respects to the Lord of Funan here again."Mo Hun quickly responded, "General, you don't need to be polite to Xiao Wang, please sit down and talk."

When Mosuo sat down, he didn't exchange too many greetings with the other party, and went directly to the topic.Mosuo said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about the setbacks in today's first battle. Now that you have your Majesty's infantry, our army can use local materials near Shawadi to build large-scale siege equipment safely. In due time, we will definitely be able to defeat the city." Sawady."

Mo Hun replied: "The general and the king see the same thing. To tell you the truth, our army still has nearly a thousand war elephants on the way, and they are also escorting a convoy of supplies. They carry ready-made siege equipment. .As soon as they arrive, coupled with the siege equipment made by your army, we will be able to capture Sawady."

At this time, Fan Tuo snorted, and said politely to Mosuo: "The general just deduces Liang Jun as a dead thing. Now a small number of Liang Jun in Sawady City are indeed besieged by us. But today one At the end of the war, the general can see that they have already prepared, and there must be enough food and grass in the city to be able to stick to it for a long time. If we besiege them for a long time and patiently build siege equipment, will they sit and wait for death? During this time, the general How can we ensure that the Liang army does not have a large army coming down from Mande in the north to support? How can we ensure that the Liang army on Ceylon Island will not return to aid Sawady?"

Mosuo blinked inadvertently, and then said: "General Fan Tuo, your worries are unnecessary. Liang Jun can't rescue Sawady no matter from the direction of Mande or from the direction of Sawady."

Chapter 425 Lies

Fan Tuo asked blankly: "What does General Mosuo mean by this, Fan Tuo would like to hear more about it."

Mosuo replied: "Actually, apart from our navy coming to attack Shawadi Port, there is also an army that is marching towards Hongshawadi from the Shushen Poison Road on land. The transportation line was cut off at the northern end of Sawady. As for the direction of Ceylon Island, the navy of our army stationed in Liuyan has launched an attack on Mango Port. Now it is impossible for Liang Jun to retreat completely. They will also retreat to Sawady. There will be some remnants and defeated generals, nothing to fear."

When Mosuo spoke, his eyes were still blinking.Of course he was telling lies.In fact, the so-called Liuyan Kingdom's Zhu Luo army's tribute to Mango Port is completely non-existent. On the contrary, Lin Tao's fleet has already captured the Liuyan Kingdom at this time.

As for the fact that there was a Zhu Luo army attacking the rear of the Liang army from the poisonous way in Shu, it was also made up by Mosuo. The reality is that Feng Yu dispatched a group of spies under the leadership of Chen Tiao, the intelligence leader of the Liang Kingdom, and came from Shu as businessmen. Entering the homeland of Magadha through the Tao of Body Poison, he connected with the old royal family of Magadha through the help of the local wealthy and powerful families.

What Magadha contrasted was the Central Plains of the Han, and being conquered by Chula was like the Central Plains being occupied by the Nanman.Therefore, although these old Brahmin royal families were forced to submit to Karikala in the early years, they were unwilling to submit to the "Southern Man" of Zhuluo in their hearts, and they always looked forward to the restoration of the country.There was such a good opportunity at this time, under the instigation of Liang Guo spies, naturally there was a lot of response.Rebellion ignited like a wildfire in Magadha.Under such circumstances, how could the Zhuluo people have more troops to go on an expedition through the Shushen Poison Road.

And Mosuo told this lie because if, as Fan Tuo assumed, the entire Liang army returned from Ceylon Island, then Mosuo's dispatch of troops this time may not be considered a big victory, but at least it has achieved what Karikala wanted. The ultimate goal --- let Liang Jun retreat from Ceylon Island.He, Mosuo, will be able to retreat with the First Fleet. As for what will happen to Funan, he can't care so much.

Fan Man and Fan Tuo naturally didn't believe Mosuo's words. They were about to question each other, but Mo Hun interrupted: "Since General Mosuo said so, you two don't have to worry. I believe , His Majesty the Supreme Karikala is always protected by Lord Shiva. We will always be loyal to him and follow him for more glory and victory!"

Fan Man and Fan Tuo had no choice but to shut up when they saw Mo Hun speak such "official language".

As time passed day by day, Zhu Luo and the Funan Allied Forces were desperately cutting down trees around the camp, sweating profusely to build various siege equipment.From time to time, airships pulled by ropes shuttled between the two cities.Gradually, Zhu Luobing and Funanbing became accustomed to this, and they stopped making such a fuss as before.

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Yibin, the capital of Liang State, is thousands of miles away.In the palace, Feng Yu and Jia Xu are also playing black and white chess.

Seeing Feng Yu's drop, Jia Xu said, "Why is your majesty not paying attention to the piece in the corner? That minister will not be polite." After speaking, he cast a black stone and picked up a few white stones. There is a danger of eating all the large white pieces in the left corner.

Feng Yu smiled and said: "It's not that I don't care about it, but the Tianyuan is more important, so I have to deploy the last one here. But you can't eat the left corner." After finishing speaking, Feng Yu cast another Bai Zi, immediately make two "qi" for that piece of Bai Zi on the board, no matter what, it is impossible to be lifted again.

Jia Xu understood and said: "The king is good at chess. It must be the same reason why the king has not sent a single soldier to Myanmar so far."

Feng Yu chuckled, and said: "Wenhe is still Wenhe after all, and we can still get it right. Yes, although Myanmar seems to be tense now, the real tension is in the Central Plains, so there is no more More troops were transferred to Myanmar. The Central Plains involves the overall situation of the four corners. Although Myanmar is very important to the Maritime Silk Road, it is only one corner after all. Moreover, I firmly believe that Zhuge Jin and Liao Hua can defend Myanmar, as far away as Ceylon Zhuge Liang, Lin Tao, Zhang Ren, Meng Huo, etc. will also be able to return to Tenglong City in time on the premise of consolidating Ceylon Island."

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On this day, dense drums and horns came from outside Tenglong City and Sawady City.Funan and Zhu Luo's army launched a general offensive again.This time they planned to concentrate their forces to attack Tenglong City first.

The war elephants and supplies of the Funan people have arrived.Nearly a thousand war elephants lined up along the city.Groups of several heads are bound together by thick wooden frames, and on each wooden frame is set a wooden climbing tower two or three battles high, almost as high as the city wall, on which many infantry have been seated in advance.

Behind them is a row of huge trebuchets. These old-fashioned trebuchets have a limited range, but they all have huge wheels that can move forward with the army formation.Behind it is the densely packed Funan, the infantry of the Zhuluo coalition army.

Many Chula warships were also equipped with trebuchets, and some even temporarily installed siege towers to attack the city wall of the Water Gate of Tenglong City.

Amidst the sound of drums and horns, the huge army formation of the Zhuluofunan coalition had just advanced a few steps, and the distance from the city wall was still far beyond the range of the catapult.The Liang Army ballista at the head of the city fired a round of stone bullets at them angrily.

With a few loud bangs, the first wave of bombardment caused several catapults to fall apart, and a Funan soldier was deeply pierced into the head from the eye by the splashed wooden sticks, and the whole person was paralyzed without saying a word down.

In addition to knocking down a few trebuchets in the second wave of bombardment, two stone bombs hit two war elephants each. The war elephants groaned and screamed in pain, and the tower on the elephant's back also lost its center of gravity and fell sideways. , throwing all the soldiers in the tower half dead.

When the Zhuluofunan coalition army marched to less than eight battles away from the city wall, the archers of the Liang army at the head of the city also began to shoot at them.On the sea, those warships loaded with trebuchets and climbing towers were still heading towards Tenglong City, braving the sky full of bullets.

At great cost, the trebuchets finally came within range of the walls.Fan Tuo gave an order, and under the pull of a group of 20 Funan soldiers, they all threw boulders towards the top of the city.The walls of Tenglong City, which were hit by the boulder, trembled slightly, but the defenders at the top of the city showed no fear, because they knew that such trebuchets would not be able to break through the walls.Only a few boulders fell on the top of the city, killing and injuring more than a dozen soldiers of the Liang army, causing some casualties.On the sea, Cholo's warships also approached the water gate wall and began to throw stones and logs.Those elephants and warships loaded with siege towers continued to approach Tenglong City.

At this time, the Liang army defenders at the head of the city fought back more violently.Stone bullets and heavy arrows rained down on the enemy.And Liang Jun finally used the explosive bomb, and the fireball drew arcs in the air, and threw it towards the Funan army formation and the Zhuluo battleship...

Chapter 426 The Changed Strategy

With a bang, a fireball landed next to a Funan army catapult, igniting a flame that soared into the sky.The Funan soldiers next to him suddenly turned into burning men, screaming and spreading out in all directions.The trebuchet was also engulfed in the flames.

Several war elephants that were approaching the city wall with the siege towers on their backs suddenly stopped, and then ran around frantically.It turned out that flames suddenly rose in front of them, which frightened them.

Soon, the wooden frame restraining the elephants fell apart.The towers they carried and the soldiers on the towers naturally fell to the ground.Those soldiers were caught off guard and fell from the height of three battles. If they didn't die, they would be paralyzed, with broken bones and tendons.

On the surface of the sea, a stone bomb and a fireball successively hit a Chula warship approaching the city wall.After a while, the warship turned into a pile of burning wood floating on the water, and the soldiers jumped into the sea to escape for their lives.

At this time, if one looked down from the air, the sea surface in the wilderness under Tenglong City was full of burning siege equipment, wreckage of warships, and the corpses of Funan soldiers.Frightened war elephants scurry across the field.

Despite such a huge loss, the Funan Army's catapults never stopped throwing, and the war elephants and warships continued to approach the city wall.The dense rocks will eventually hit a hydraulic ballista set at the head of the city, damaging the ballista's transmission.The ballista immediately went silent.

Several war elephants finally advanced to the base of the city wall. Under the command of the driver, they lowered their bodies and placed the siege tower firmly on the ground.The Funan soldiers on the tower yelled in unison, armed with guns and knives, and charged towards the top of the city.But then a fireball shot straight at the crowd, it was a fiery bomb fired by the guards at the top of the city with a small ballista.

Clay pots filled with naphtha exploded in the crowd, the top of the entire tower was on fire, and several Pyromen screamed and jumped down the tower.The Funan soldiers who were going up the steps from the tower were also blocked by the fire.

At the same time, on the wall near the water gate, several Chula warships approached.The Zhu Luo soldiers and Funan soldiers on board rushed towards the city wall along the temporary tower on the deck.Seven or eight spears and five or six long bows and heavy arrows shot at them, and they fell down instantly.But these soldiers were selected by lottery, and the soldiers behind continued to charge forward without hesitation, and soon stood on the city wall, fighting with Liang Jun's saber and gun.

At this time, Zhu Luo's arrows had stopped shooting, and Liang Jun, who was lying behind the wall, stood up, using their shields as a wall, and pressed on the enemy soldiers who had successfully climbed the city from the left and right sides.Under the random stabbing of spears, it took a short time to kill them all.But Liang Jun himself suffered casualties.

Both Mohun and Mosuo were observing the battle situation from the distant sea, and their expressions kept changing with the battle situation.The battlefield of Soaring Dragon City was in a stalemate.Both sides in the battle at the top of the city had their own casualties. The Zhuluofunan coalition forces could only climb to the top of the city at best, but they could not push any further.Liang Jun could not wipe out all the enemy soldiers at the top of the city at the same time. Whenever a group of enemy troops were killed, another group of enemy troops would climb to the top of the city.

But with the passage of time, more and more Chula warships and Funan people's siege towers were destroyed, and the war elephants either fled in fright or were beheaded.Most of the trebuchets were destroyed, leaving only piles of wreckage.Therefore, the siege of the Zhuluofunan coalition forces weakened.

At this time, Mo Hun heard the sound of the horn from the land, which was the signal for the Funan Army to withdraw.Mo Hun said sullenly: "Why did Fan Tuo withdraw his troops at this time, we were only a little bit short of taking Tenglong City."

Mosuo, who was next to him, explained to Fan Tuo: "His decision is correct. Today's battle cannot be fought anymore. Because most of our siege equipment has been destroyed, we will only suffer if we continue to fight, but fortunately The Liang army also suffered a lot of losses today. We will regroup and fight again in the future. With our superior force, sooner or later we will drag the opponent down and break through these two cities."

Looking at the enemy army receding like a tide, Zhuge Jin breathed a sigh of relief.Even though he was full of confidence that it would be impossible to break the city, the fierce battle just now made him break out in a cold sweat.At this time, he prayed silently in his heart, so that the plan delivered to Zhuge Liang by the messenger could be implemented smoothly.

Zhuge Jin's plan is to ask Zhuge Liang to send some troops back to Lin Tao after stabilizing the situation in Ceylon. Of course, with this small group of reinforcements, there is only a [-]% chance of completely repelling the enemy.Therefore, in order to improve the chances of winning, Lin Tao needs to capture Andaman Island first, and summon the troops of the vassal states such as Langyaxiu and Gantori.Then attack Zhu Luo and Funan's coalition forces from behind.

Just calculating from the time, Lin Tao should also be here at this time.But there is no news about it.Zhuge Jin thought, did Lin Tao encounter difficulties in capturing Andaman Island?But he changed his mind and thought it was impossible.Since the Funan Army arrived at Sawady and set up camp, the Chola Fleet already had land troops guarding their camp on land, so Andaman Island was no longer needed.It can also be seen from the Zhuluo ships and troops under Tenglong City that it is impossible for them to have many troops left in Andaman.Then why?

Zhuge Jin knew that Zhuge Liang would not necessarily act according to his plan, but he would certainly not sit back and watch the enemy capture Sawady.Zhuge Jin thought to himself, there must be some special reason for this, but as long as I guard Sawady well, my clever and astute brother will definitely find a way to break the siege of Sawady.

In fact, Lin Tao arrived at Andaman Island ten days ago with [-] ocean-going galleons and [-] galley warships.Zhu Luo's army on the island was already empty, so he recovered Andaman Island without bloodshed.

It turned out that Mosuo had already planned in his heart that no matter what the outcome of the attack on Sawady would be, he would bring the First Fleet back to the mainland of Chuluo along the original route.So there is no need to garrison troops on Andaman Island.

Lin Tao, who was temporarily stationed in Andaman, immediately sent messengers to Langyaxiu, Gantori and some other small countries to send requests for borrowing troops.Except for the long distance and no reply for a while, countries such as Langyaxiu and Gantori responded immediately. They promised to send warships and infantry to assist Lin Tao. A force to be reckoned with.

But the content of Lin Tao's letter is a bit strange. He didn't ask Lang Yaxiu and Gan Tuoli to send troops to Andamanla Island to assemble, but asked them to prepare soldiers, horses and warships and wait at the port. Lin Tao will come to meet them in person. and.It turns out that according to what Zhuge Liang said, Lin Tao did not go directly to help Sawady, but bypassed Temasek Island, entered the Gulf of Siam, sailed into the mouth of the Mekong River, and went straight to Angkor Thom, the capital of Funan!

Lin Tao took a rest in Andaman Island for a short time before going back on the road.After two weeks of arduous sailing, I finally saw the well-defined estuary of the Mekong River.

Chapter 427 Attacking Angkor