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Chapter 562 Soldiers Arrive at Champa King's Capital (Part [-])

At the end of February in the seventh year of Jingkang, the situation in the South China Sea was quietly changing.

It has been more than five years since Zhao Ning traveled here. From resisting the Jin army, reforming internally, to checking and balancing Xixia, he has been maintaining the order of the entire chess game.

To put it simply, it is to maintain the situation without jumping.

However, from the seventh year of Jingkang, the Song Dynasty under the rule of Zhao Ning really began to expand.

The original land area of ​​the Song Dynasty was only about 280 million square kilometers, and taking Fuzhou only occupied a point in Liaodong.

Now, when it comes to Cochin and Champa, it's completely different.

There will be a large territorial increase.

It should be said to restore the territory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

On February 28, 45 large ships appeared in the port of Jiyang Army.

They are arranged in sequence, as if giant beasts crawling on thousands of miles of blue waves are approaching the shore.

At noon, when the sun was shining, small vendors near the port cleared up their stalls, and some local residents were recruited to carry their goods.

After Qian Yuqing got off the boat, he held a coconut in one hand and a fan in the other, squinting his eyes and looking ahead.

Li Bao said: "Shaoqing, I have checked at the end, and the school grounds ahead have been arranged."

"Okay, let everyone rest first." Qian Yuqing said, "We will start preparing for armaments later."

"Yes!"

Since the establishment of the Jiyang Army, there have never been so many people.

You know, Sanya was just a fishing village during the Song Dynasty.

The imperial court set up an army here, and it was only a symbolic maintenance of the frontier, and the city of Tokyo could not really affect this place.

But Qian Yuqing brought these people, and it was destined that Sanya would be completely different from the past.

"We only brought food for three months." Li Bao said again, "We can only stay here for a month at most, and we will go to Champa for a quick battle. If Guangnan West Road does not move..."

"Guangnan West Road doesn't move, we have to do it." Qian Yuqing threw away the coconut in his hand, his eyes were a little sharp, "If something goes wrong in this battle, we are all done. His Majesty the Emperor is determined to win the South China Sea, understand? ?”

"I will understand at the end!"

"If you take down Champa, I'll go to court and I won't treat you badly!"

"The final general is willing to go through fire and water for Shaoqing."

"No, we are for Zhao Guan's family."

"Yes!"

In the evening, with the sea breeze blowing, Li Bao lined up on the school field.

The military discipline of the Song Army was quite strict, and soldiers who arrived late were fined to run ten miles along the coastline.

Qian Yuqing was sorting out official duties in the yamen when Li Bao suddenly ran over.

"Aren't you training soldiers?"

"Shaoqing, it's not good!" Li Bao looked serious.

"what happened?"

Li Bao shouted to the outside: "Come in!"

A young man walked in.

"Wang Zi!" Qian Yuqing immediately recognized this person. He was a sea merchant from Hangzhou who was detained by Zhancheng. "Why are you back?"

"Shaoqing!" Wang Zi burst into tears immediately, "King Zhancheng killed six of us and asked me to bring their heads back to you!"

Qian Yuqing's complexion suddenly changed, and he slapped the table angrily: "How dare King Champa do this!"

Li Bao said: "The head is outside, do you want to..."

Qian Yuqing walked out quickly, seeing those heads, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

These all came out of Hangzhou and followed him all the way south.

At the beginning, he was appointed to be in charge of the Shibo Department, and given the official position of the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. The first navigation strategy for the Song Dynasty was to open up the navigation between Hangzhou and Champa.

Using his contacts in Hangzhou, he assembled a large number of maritime merchants who were brave enough to go to sea.

Li Bao said: "Shaoqing, don't be sad."

Wang Zi said: "Shaoqing, King Zhancheng said that if the ransom is not collected within two months, he will start killing more people."

At this time, someone came in from outside.

"Shangguan, Li Canjun is back."

"Where are the people?"

Li Kun hurried in.

After a trip to Guangxi, Li Kun became even more tanned, and when he smiled, he revealed a row of teeth as white as snow.

"Shaoqing, the servant is back!"

But when Li Kun saw those heads, he froze for a moment.

Li Bao told the story, and Li Kun said, "King Champa is too deceitful!"

"What's the situation on Guangnan West Road?"

"Wu Lin was the commander-in-chief who went to Guangnan West Road. When I left, he told me that the troops would be dispatched in mid-March."

"Okay! Li Bao, after three days, rectify the troops, let's go to Champa and give presents to King Champa!"

"Yes!"

"The heads of these people should be buried here."

"I will make arrangements at the end."

On the tenth day of March, it was a calm day. Vijaya, the capital of King Champa, was officially called "Xinzhou" in the Song Dynasty. The fishermen in the harbor were fishing as usual.

Around noon, the fishermen at sea suddenly saw dozens of huge sea boats driving ahead that they had never seen before.

The sails fluttering on the ship are like clouds.

Any one of them sailing near the fishing boats is like a monkey standing in front of an elephant.

The fishermen showed terrified expressions.

Soon, the news of some huge ships appearing in the sea spread like wildfire and spread to the royal city.

There are rumors about Wangcheng in a mess. Some people say it is a pirate, while others say it is a ship from the Cochin Kingdom.

It was not until the Song army approached the harbor that the news reached the ears of King Champa.

Khalivarman's favorite Zhao En said to him: "Your Majesty, these are just some boring rumors among the people. Don't take it seriously. There is no such thing as a huge sea-going ship. It doesn't exist at all. It won't be long before the people of Song Dynasty will send money. coming."

When mentioning money, Khalivarman laughed excitedly: "Hahaha, good!"

As soon as he finished speaking, people outside hurried in: "Report! Your Majesty, the latest news from Haiphong, there are a large number of giant ships docking on the shore!"

Khalivarman's smile suddenly froze.

"What did you say?" he asked.

"There are a lot of giant ships in the harbor!"

At this time, the prime minister Yin Jiang Tao also rushed in: "Your Majesty, the Song army has landed!"

Zhao En scolded angrily: "Nonsense, the Song army is thousands of miles away, how did they land!"

Harivarman's expression changed completely: "Where is Song Jun?"

Yin Jiang Tao glared at Zhao En and said, "The Song army is at the port at this time!"

"Ah!" Khalivarman was startled, and suddenly panicked, and then he remembered that Song Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven.

He will not be afraid until the army reaches the gate.

"What should I do now?"

Zhao En laughed instead of being surprised: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Song army has come from thousands of miles away, laboring on an expedition, and we also have a hundred thousand soldiers in our dynasty, so why not be afraid! As long as your majesty gives me 5 horses, I will kill all the Song troops !"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Tao scolded Zhao En angrily, "Don't mislead the king again, the Great Song Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, with strong soldiers and strong horses, how can we resist!"

"In the face of the great enemy, the prime minister's aspirations of others will destroy his own prestige, isn't that good!"

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"Your Majesty, send envoys to apologize to the Song army now. It is too late. There is absolutely no need to fight against the Celestial Dynasty!"

Zhao En said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no need to do this!"

Khalivarman walked back and forth, he thought for a while, and then said: "Zhao En, you lead an army of fifty thousand, and the safety of the capital is entrusted to you!"

"I will definitely kill the Song army!" Zhao En took the military talisman and ran out excitedly.

Because Jiang Tao said: "Your Majesty is confused, Zhao En wants to be greedy for power, so he misleads His Majesty, if the Song Army invades, it will be too late!"

Khalivarman had clearly made up his mind, and he didn't want to listen to the prime minister's words anymore, he said, "Did you take that Qian Yuqing's money very early?"

Because Jiang Tao was stunned for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, this subject is not like this!"

"You still dare to quibble, someone has already come here to report you."

"Your Majesty, I also want to dredge our relationship with the Celestial Dynasty."

"You don't need to say any more, how could I not know your thoughts?"

"Kings……"

At this time, the Song Army's warship was docked on the coast.

Although Zhao En had not had time to mobilize the total force, some Champa soldiers who had been patrolling were dispatched to the harbor first, preparing to prevent the Song army from landing across the board.

Li Bao shouted: "The crossbowmen are ready!"

On the deck, rows of soldiers of the Song Army immediately stepped forward to install the crossbow arrows.

"Fire arrows!"

Immediately, arrows rained densely, across the air, and rushed down.

These Zhancheng soldiers were obviously dispatched temporarily, and they didn't even have shields in their hands.

And a place like Champa is located in the tropics, so it is impossible for soldiers to wear iron armor.

As for armor, only senior officers have it, ordinary soldiers wear civilian clothes, short sleeves and shorts.

Of course, the Song Army did not wear armor either, and they all wore red cloth shirts.

After all, the navy is different from the army.

As soon as the Song Army's first batch of crossbow arrows went down, the Champa Army fell in batches, and screams kept coming and going.

Soon the group of Champa troops who prevented the Song army from landing retreated in defeat.

Some ordinary fishermen in the port have already fled away. The merchant ships brought from Srivijaya (Malaysia) docked on the shore, and those merchants hid in the cabins and dared not come out.

A wooden ladder was lowered, and Song Jun began to disembark along the wooden ladder on a large scale.

After queuing up, Qian Yuqing stood on the bow and said loudly: "Zhan people killed our compatriots, we are the teachers of justice! Avenge our compatriots!"

Song Jun immediately shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sound of killing alarmed the whole world, and even spread to the king's city overwhelmingly. The Zhan people outside the king's city had already become frightened birds, and ran into the king's city one after another.

But when they got to the city, they found that the gate was closed.

"Open the door! We haven't gone in yet!"

"Open the door! We are the king's people! You can't leave us behind!"

"..."

Many Chammen shouted in despair below the walls.

Some people fled to the jungle quickly.

Rumors and gossip were flying all over the city, and some people even cried loudly on the street, obviously frightened.