Three Kingdoms Eschatology

The other was also dying.His scalp was completely grabbed by the leopard's claws, and there were several blood holes on his shoulders and neck caused by the bite of the cheetah. It seemed that he could not survive.

A soldier came to Yan Yan and whispered something to him.It turned out that the captured soldiers of Su Moda had confessed the situation, saying that this time Su Moda personally led the troops out to spy on the military situation.

Yan Yan looked at the dying Zhu Luoren and said, "This person must be Zhu Luo's general Su Moda."

Long ago, soldiers from the Liang army started to search the man's arms and found the seal of the waist card.He also escorted two Zhu Luo soldiers who had just been captured, and after their identification, he was even more convinced that this person was Zhu Luo's general Su Moda.

Yan Yan saw that Su Moda was seriously injured and it was impossible to revive him.Then he swung the long knife in his hand, raised the knife and took Su Moda's head.Then he said: "Since the enemy general is dead, why don't we take the opportunity to attack his camp near Buwei City."

The deputy general beside him reminded: "But we only have more than a thousand troops. This Longwei Beach is where the granary of our Southern Expedition Army is located. If we divide our troops, in case..."

When Yan Yan heard this, he immediately regained his senses.When Zhuge Liang set off, he told him repeatedly that no matter when and what happened, he must stick to Longweitan Castle, because this is the lifeblood of the Liang army in the Southern Expedition.

But now that Liang Jun accidentally beheaded Su Moda, if he could take the opportunity to defeat Zhu Luo's camp, he would be able to solve the crisis of Buwei City.It would be a pity to let go of such a great opportunity.

Yan Yan was in a dilemma for a long time.Finally he made up his mind and ordered: "Send elite scouts to report to Zhang Biao, prefect of Buwei City, and let's go back to Longweitan City!"

In fact, Yan Yan didn't have to worry about it at all.Because the reinforcements sent by Feng Yu at this time - the Gaoshun Army has arrived in Yongchang.At this time, they are launching a fierce attack on Zhu Luojun's camp on the bank of the Nu River.

In just half an hour, fifty ballistas fired fiercely, and the stone bullets the size of a bowl smashed the walls of Zhu Luo's barracks to pieces.Then the incendiary bombs and the heavy arrows of the longbowmen covered the camp.

At this time, the main general in the Zhuluo camp was not there, and the acting commander appointed by Su Moda was unable to smoothly dispatch the various ministries, and the entire camp suddenly became a swarm of bees.From time to time great fires were seen burning violently in the camp.

When the infantry of the Gaoshun Army attacked the camp, only scattered Zhuluo soldiers came to resist, and their resistance was shattered by two throwing spears.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Luo's soldiers began to flee, one after another rushed out of the camp, and fled downstream along the Nu River.But he was immediately sniped by Liang Jun Qingqi Feiyu who had already ambushed here, causing no casualties.

When Gao Shun rode his horse into the captured Zhuluo camp, he was still a little uneasy, because the attack was so smooth that he wondered if the enemy had set up some kind of trap.Later, after many days, he finally figured out that the accidental death of General Zhu Luo was the result.

The Zhuluo Elephant Group that was cruising between Buwei and Longweitan was also completely annihilated under the combined attack of Gaoshun's heavy cavalry and Meng Huo's elephants.Five hundred war elephants either died on the battlefield or were captured by Liang Jun.As for the elephant soldiers on the elephants, only a hundred or so fled into the jungle, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

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After a long time, the news of Sumoda's defeat and annihilation of the entire army was known to Galawa who was far away in the city of Mande in the black mud plain.

This made Galava's mood extremely bad, and his mood became more irritable and capricious.Unfortunately, the Liang army stationed dozens of miles outside Mande City has never launched a decent general offensive.This made Galavago peaceful for a long time. He was drinking and having fun all day long in the city, and he didn't think about those troublesome things anymore.

In Galawa's mansion, singing and dancing were still in progress, with dozens of dancers and musicians singing and dancing in the hall.Galava leaned on the seat, hugging several beauties of different races, playing and laughing, eating and drinking excessively.

A white light flashed outside the window, and then there was a loud bang, and a brunette, blue-eyed resting beauty in Galawa's arms screamed in fright.Galava pushed her away and walked to the window.Outside the house, in the bursts of lightning and thunder, the pouring rain has poured down.

Jialawa laughed loudly: "The rainy season is finally here, that Liang Jun general named Zhuge, let's see how you deal with it. Your troops will be soaked in water tanks in the next few months, and food and grass will not be available .In the end, it will collapse without a fight!"

On the wilderness outside Mande City, countless streams suddenly appeared, and after a while, the whole world was shrouded in mist and rain, turning into a swampy country.

Although the Liang army camp where Zhuge Liang was located was purposely built on a higher ground, under the downpour, the rain could not recede for a while, and the accumulated rain became waterlogged.

It was raining heavily outside, and it was still raining lightly inside the tent, the tent could no longer stop such a heavy rainstorm.On the ground of the tent, several inches of accumulated water can cover the feet.The soldiers were like drowned chickens, they were busy transferring the water-repellent materials to wooden racks, and then covered them with tarpaulins.

In a tent, Zhuge Liang was still leisurely sitting cross-legged on the wooden couch, talking and playing chess with Zhang Ren in the black and white world, completely ignoring that the stagnant water under the wooden couch had already floated his shoes.

After Zhang Ren dropped his son, he said: "Military Master, the rainy season has come, so it's time for us to do it."

"Well, as soon as the water level in the Dulong River is in place, we will start to act. Now we can let the whole army get ready."

In a dense forest not far from this big camp, there is a large open space dug by man-made felling.There is a tall wooden castle impressively in the open space.At this time, the craftsmen of Liang Jun's supply camp hid in the castle covered with oilcloth to avoid the rain.

A few months ago, Shangfeng ordered them to clear the site by logging here, and use the felled wood to build this strange castle.

Neither ordinary soldiers nor mid- and low-level generals knew what they were doing.It is meaningless to build a castle in this place, because there is a Liang army camp nearby. If they occupy this place in the future, there is no need to set up a stronghold here, because Mande City is nearby.

And even if they wanted to build an immigration stronghold, they would not build such a strange castle that cost so much manpower and material resources.

Some people were curious to test Shangguan's tone, and wanted to find out what the thing was built for, but they were severely reprimanded by Shangguan, claiming that it was a military secret.Moreover, the construction site has been designated as a restricted area, and other soldiers are strictly prohibited from approaching it.Surrounded by dark posts and bright posts of scouts.

Chapter 261 Floating City

The rainy season in Hongshawadi lasts for about a week, and during this week, there is heavy rain almost every day.Numerous mud swamps distributed on the black mud plain have been connected by flood water to form a vast swamp lake, and some of them are connected with the Dulong River waterway.

The sun will come out at several hours every day, and under the scorching sun, the water vapor will evaporate.

At this time, the rain was over and the sky was clear again, and several Liang Jun's Viking ships sailed towards Mande City.The Zhu Luo defenders at the head of Mande City are not surprised by this. Whenever the weather is fine, Liang Jun will always send boats to the river near Mande City.

At this time, the water of the Dulong River spread all the way to the east wall of Mande City, which was originally the most low-lying part of Mande, and became a lake during the rainy season, connecting with the waterway of the Dulong River.The east city wall became a dam, and the east city gate became a water gate.

The Liang Jun scouts at the bow of the boat carefully observed the upper and lower walls of Mande City. They suddenly turned the boat and headed straight for the foot of Mande's east city wall.

The Zhuluo defenders on the city wall suddenly became nervous.

"Enemy attack!"...

"Ready to shoot arrows"...

"Keep them near the walls"...

They yelled in panic, and arrows from the top of the city shot at Liang Jun on the boat.The latter raised the large shield that had been prepared long ago, and protected the entire cabin tightly.The arrows shot densely on the shield and the side of the ship, making a crackling sound.

But Liang Jun did not fight back, and after a stalemate for a while, the two Viking ships suddenly withdrew.After a while, the sky began to be overcast again. It was clear just now, but the scorching sun changed as soon as it was said, and the heavy rain poured down again.

Zhu Luo's soldiers thought it was just an ordinary trial by Liang Jun, but they didn't know that when they were shooting arrows randomly, two Liang Jun soldiers hid behind the shield wall and quietly measured the water depth with weights.

Zhuge Liang and Zhang Ren are waiting here in the big tent of the Liang army camp.A soldier who was drenched in rain entered the account and reported: "Information to the military division and general, our military scouts have measured that the water level under the east wall of Mande City is already five feet deep!"

Zhang Renyi patted his thigh and said, "Okay! So, as soon as the rain stops, we will start attacking the city!"

Zhuge Liang shook the goose feather fan and said: "No, we will start attacking the city now. Attacking in this pouring rain will definitely catch him by surprise and catch him by surprise."

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In the violent wind and heavy rain, the defenders at the head of the city of Mande were already mumiaowuji, only half of their usual size.

These Zhuluo soldiers thought it was uncomfortable to stick their wet clothes to their bodies in this heavy rain.All of them took off their armor and huddled naked in the small canopy set up on the top of the city to keep out the rain.No one cared about the situation outside the city.

A recruit got out of the awning, unbuttoned his trousers, and was about to urinate.Another veteran shouted: "Go away and pee, don't smoke me!"

The recruit had no choice but to run to the edge of the city wall, and when he was ready to go, he suddenly became agitated. He pointed to the outside of the city, his mouth trembling: "What is that... the enemy... the enemy's castle...!" Then he shouted loudly as a warning: " Enemy attack! Enemy soldiers are attacking!"

A veteran shouted and cursed: "Don't be surprised, how could the enemy army be able to..." At this time, two horns from the city wall tower interrupted his words.The information conveyed by this horn is that there is an enemy attacking.

He ran to the edge of the city and looked into the distance.In the mist and rain curtain, a huge mountain-like thing was slowly moving towards Mande City.

This thing is exactly the wooden "castle" built by Liang Jun.The bottom circle is surrounded by wooden floating barrels, allowing it to float on the water, dragged by hundreds of war elephants in the water, and surrounded by countless Viking ships.

At this time, the wind and rain were not as strong as before, and the "Wooden City" was getting closer and closer, and the Zhu Luo defenders at the top of the city could even see the faces of soldiers from the Liang army on the "Wooden City".

Zhu Luo's soldiers got out from the canopy, the city wall towers and other corners, ran around the city full of water, shouting and gathering.

"Crossbowmen get ready! Shoot!" A Zhuluo general shouted loudly, and some Zhuluo crossbowmen who had gathered at the top of the city opened their bows and released arrows, but the rain had already soaked the arms and strings of the bows. Wet, the arrow floated limply in the wind and rain for a dozen or so strokes, and then fell to the ground like autumn leaves.

Knowing that bows and crossbows are useless, the generals shouted anxiously: "Spearmen, swords and shields, line up! Line up!"

With the muffled sound of a collision, "Wooden City" leaned against the east wall of Mande City.

"Quick! Let's use bamboo poles and spears to poke this thing away so that it cannot touch the city wall." General Zhu Luo, who commanded the scene with a higher official position, shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Jun's "Wooden City" sank for a while. It turned out that the Liang Jun soldiers below unloaded the floating barrels and dropped the iron anchors on the "Wooden City", so that the entire "Wooden City" could be stabilized. "Standing" at the bottom of the water.

At the same time, more than a dozen flying ladders on the "Wooden City" fell almost simultaneously.The Liang army soldiers in the city rushed out.

Flying spears and axes flew densely towards the chaotic Zhuluo defenders at the top of the city in the rain.With continuous screams and howls, Zhu Luo's soldiers fell down layer by layer.

A Zhu Luo general swung his waist knife and said: "Block their suspension bridge..." Before he could finish speaking, a javelin pierced his breastplate, and the blade of the gun came out from the back of his chest.He was powerlessly paralyzed to the top of the city that was already full of blood.

In just half a quarter of an hour, more than [-] soldiers of the Liang Army climbed to the top of Mande East City, including dozens of giant ape heavy armored soldiers.These giant apes slashed to the sides and the corridor like gods in the rain, and the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind.Under the city, there are still a large number of soldiers from the Liang Army entering the "Wooden City" from Viking ships.

A large group of Zhu Luo soldiers poured out from the tower leading to the city, and they raised dense spears, spears, halberds and halberds to meet Liang soldiers.I saw a giant ape warrior stabbing the Zhu Luo crowd with a two-chi long knife, and four or five people fell down.A Zhu Luo soldier dropped his weapon and grabbed the blade of the giant ape with both hands, trying to take it away.But he was picked up by the opponent and flew down the city.

Another Zhu Luo soldier took the opportunity to rush up to him, stabbed the sharp blade in the giant ape's abdomen fiercely, only heard a clanging sound, the blade was bounced off by the armor.

The giant ape punched Zhu Luobing in the face, and the latter's facial features collapsed immediately, and he fell to the ground.When the giant ape took off the iron ax from his waist and was about to kill it, there was only a whoosh sound, and a four-foot-long spear pierced through its armor and pierced its chest.

The giant ape let out a long cry of pain, and fell on its back.It turned out that the giant crossbow in the tower plotted against it.The other three giant apes near it roared angrily and waved their long knives frantically. The rest of the soldiers of the Liang Army also threw their flying spears into the crowd of Zhu Luo, and then drew out their swords and rushed to kill them with their shields.

Most of Zhu Luobing fell down in a moment, replaced by broken corpses strewn with Liang Jun's spears.The rest of the people have fled in dismay.Soldiers of the Liang Army poured into Mande City through several passages like a torrent.

Chapter 262 The Third Fleet

After the rain, the sun shines brightly, and the streets and alleys of Mande City are full of soldiers from the Liang army.Their boots were soaked in blood.Under the transpiration of water vapor, a strong smell of blood filled the nose.Sporadic battles in the streets and alleys can still be seen from time to time.

When Liang Jun first entered the city, the Zhuluo civilians in the city were also forced to mobilize by Galava and took up arms to resist Liang Jun.But with the defeat of the Chula army and the escape of Galava, these Chola civilians all ran back to their houses and hid.

The war elephant on which Zhuge Liang was riding walked slowly into the city, and he saw that the soldiers had followed his instructions, posting "Anmin Notice" written in Zhuluo language everywhere.

The content of the notice told Zhu Luo civilians not to panic, as long as they obeyed Liang Jun's management, they would not be harmed.Otherwise, it doesn't matter if you shoot or kill, the whole family will sit together.After a while, they will be sent back to their hometown.

Zhuge Liang nodded in satisfaction, and he remembered the conversation he had with King Feng Yu before the Southern Expedition.

According to Feng Yu's understanding of Zhu Luo through the monks of Baima Temple.People there only believe in Brahmanism, follow the caste system, and basically have no ethnic concept.So as long as the population of the Brahmin and Kshatriya castes are eliminated, the remaining population can easily rule.

The Brahmins and Kshatriyas are basically soldiers and politicians.Seventy-seven eighty-eight have been cleared in fierce military battles.

Zhuge Liang came to the granary in the city and opened it to see that the grain inside was still intact.This made Zhuge Liang heave a sigh of relief. If Galava destroyed the food before fleeing, Zhuge Liang would have no choice but to massacre the city in the face of the [-] to [-] Zhuluo civilians in the city.

Zhuge Liang's army stayed in Mande City for three consecutive months.During this time, he mainly did two things.

One is to hoard food, grass and war materials in the city, send the wounded and plague patients to the rear, and at the same time replenish new soldiers.

The second is to move all the Zhuluo civilians in the city to live in camps outside the city, compile household books, every hundred households is a battalion, each battalion has an officer, and every ten battalions appoints a Liang army as the director.

Zhuge Liang neither let these Zhuluo civilians idle, nor let them plow the fields, but let them go to work and do hard labor, and under the supervision of Liang Jun, they built roads along the Dulong River.

For a while, on both sides of the Dulong River, under the scorching sun, a large number of Zhu Luomin husbands who were sweating profusely could be seen digging ditches, building roads, and building bridges to divert water.

In the autumn of the sixth year of Jian'an, after the rainy season.After Zhuge Liang was supplemented with soldiers and supplies from the rear.Leaving 2000 troops to guard Mande City, and Zhang Ren led the remaining [-] people to continue southward, launching the final blow to the remnant Chula army in Hongshawadi.

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In the past few months, Galava has not been idle.He fled to Shawady Port in a panic, and after counting his troops, he found that he had almost no soldiers at hand.

His large army originally had 4000 troops. From the battle of Yongchang to the Liang army's capture of Mande City, he had lost more than 2000% of his troops.Of the remaining 2000 troops in Zhu Luo's army, [-] were huddled in Shawady Port, and another [-] were distributed along the Nu River.

Galawa immediately ordered all the Zhuluo soldiers along the Nu River to retreat and retreat to Shawady Port to join forces with the remnants of Galawa.

Galawa knew that even so, it would be difficult for such a small force to resist the attack of the elite Han Liang army.He appealed to King Chula on the other side of the sea several times for help, but was flatly rejected by the other party. Now there are also wars in the territory of Chola, and Karikala is using troops to fight the fire everywhere. How can he care about Hongshawadi.

Galava had no choice but to seek help from the Chola vassal state of Funan in the south, and several Brahman principalities or vassal states of Chola on the southeastern archipelago.But they all have their own calculations, and they are not willing to send troops to help defend Galava.Funan, in particular, has complicated domestic and political situations, and it is even more impossible to send troops to help the principality of Galawa resist the Liang army of Han.

In the government office of Sawady Port, Galawa bowed his head in frustration, and sighed from time to time.He even had the idea of ​​taking the remnants of the defeated generals and retreating to Zhu Luo's native land.

His guard suddenly entered the hall and reported to Galava: "General Qi, there is a man outside the door who claims to be the commander of the Third Fleet of the Navy, begging to see you."

Galava said in a low voice: "Let's just say I'm sick and see no visitors!" He knew what the general of the Third Fleet was here for, and it must be for his slave trade.

The military system of the Zhu Luo Kingdom is quite peculiar. For a standing army like the legion, all the sources of finance come from the legion's own business, including farms, mines, commerce and other aspects.A large army is completely independent financially and does not need King Chola's appropriation to support it.

The third fleet is mainly engaged in the slave trade. In the jungle of Hongshawadi, there are many Mons, Pegmies, Ailaos and other races scattered in the jungle. They live in primitive forms.After the rainy season in previous years, the Third Fleet would go deep into inland rivers and dense forests, plunder these races as slaves, and sell them to Anxi, or even the farther coast of the Red Sea.

Of course, they will pay the "owner" of this land, Galawa, a large sum of money as a resource mining fee.But now, Galava has lost control of the two main inland waterways, and cannot guarantee the safety of the Third Fleet's slave raiders, so this business is naturally impossible.

There was no point in meeting the commander of the Third Fleet, and Galava was not in the mood to chat with him.Galava naturally refused his request.

The guard heard Galava's words and was about to go out to refuse the visitor.Unexpectedly, a big bearded man barged in, and shouted carelessly: "Why, Jialawa, have you disappeared even from your own brother?"

Galava took a closer look, and it turned out to be his cousin Mo An, whom he hadn't seen for many years, and asked in a low voice, "Mo An, why did you come to Sawady Port?"

Mo An chuckled twice and said, "Because my station is on Andaman Island opposite Sawady Port."

Galawa knew that Andaman Island was the base camp of the Third Fleet, so he took Mo'an up and down a lot, and found that he was wearing the uniform of a general of the Chula Navy, and suddenly realized: "Good Mo'an, so you have become Commander of the Third Fleet."

"Exactly, His Majesty the King ordered me to command the Third Fleet last month. Because I have just handed over and everything is busy, so I came to see you across the sea now. I thought I would have to go to Mande City to see you, but I didn't expect you Right at Port Sawady."

Hearing this, Galawa's face became gloomy, and he said to Mo'an: "To tell the truth, brother, Mande City has been lost. I don't know how long this Shawadi can hold. Now, His Majesty the King is not willing to give Any support from Hongshawadi is obviously planned to give up. The whole Hongshawadi will be lost sooner or later. Your brother and I, the prince of Hongshawadi, are already empty-shell princes."

Then, Galava gave Mo An a detailed introduction to the process of fighting Liang Jun.Mo An twirled his beard thoughtfully and listened quietly.

Chapter 263 Roman Ballista and Greek Mercenaries

After listening to Jarawa's words, Mo An said sadly: "Earlier when the family heard that you were named the prince of Hongshawadi, they were all very proud of you. I didn't expect the situation to change so fast, and it would take such a long time. Large chunks of territory were lost."

He paused for a moment, then said resolutely: "However, don't worry brother, with me, Mo An, I will be able to protect Hongshawadi for you."

Galava smiled wryly and said, "Although you are the master of the third fleet now, you cannot transfer the main force of the fleet to Sawady Port without the king's order. And..."

"Besides, the enemy army from the Han Dynasty came from land. Your navy's galley warships go deep into the inland river to capture some slaves. But it is not suitable for fighting on the narrow inland river channel. I also tried before. I used naval warships to enter the inland river to block the waterway and cut off the enemy's supplies, but it failed. If you let the soldiers on your warships land and fight, it will be too short to defeat the long, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Mo An laughed and said: "Who said that I want to send the main force of the fleet across the sea to help the battle? To mobilize the army to fight without the order of His Majesty the King, it is disloyal to the King, and there is suspicion of treason and usurpation, but I want to kill Boss. Can I do this stupid thing bro?"

Galava was even more puzzled: "Then how can you help me?"

Only then did Mo An put away his smile, and said solemnly: "You just said that there is a kind of excellent throwing weapon in the enemy camp, and I can get this too. To tell you the truth, this thing is a Roman ballista. Our Zhu Luo I wanted to get this thing many years ago, but the Roman emperor would not sell it to us. But today is not the same as before, and the Roman Empire has also had civil strife, so they are a little lax in arms sales, allowing us to take advantage of it. As long as you are willing to spend With a lot of money, you can still buy these ballistas."

Galava nodded, then shook his head and said: "Of course it's good to get this thing, but the gap between us and the enemy is not only in this point. Just adding some crossbows can't change the enemy's strength and our weakness. situation."