“Boom…”

A huge and bright lightning broke through the fog, and then a deafening thunder sounded in the sky.

But Kerry was unmoved, and he suddenly put his ear close to the stone wall.

As a general who was second only to Zheng Xin in the fight against the Burmese invasion, his sense of battlefield smell was not something he could do.

Just as the thunder sounded, he seemed to hear other sounds.

And that kind of voice is what he has always feared.

"Rumbling..."

The sound became closer and clearer.

He turned around and looked, then walked to the other side of the stone wall, facing the streets of Bangkok City, where there was no one.

Anger appeared on his face!

Full of anger!

Near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, he not only arranged forts on both sides of the shore, but also fast horses. If someone invaded, the fast horse should have run first to report the news, but there is no one at the moment!

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"Demolition of the floating bridge! Let all the artillery go to the city wall!"

As black smoke flashed from the rain and fog, he immediately issued an order.

The Truchens are here.

Although the British and French also began to use steamboats at this time, there was obviously only one owner on such a large fleet.

Truqin people in Hexian Town!

"Damn Truchen, you really know how to choose a day"

....

On the other end, on the Bogda, Qitad stood on the first deck with a telescope looking at the city of Bangkok in the rain and mist - a giant city that was obviously born in advance by the Truchens.

The Chao Phraya River here is two miles wide, and the fleet is sailing in the heart of the river. When it arrives here, it starts to slow down.

"Your Majesty"

Intelligence Director Zhou Jixun is reporting to him.

"The walls of Bangkok City are indeed strong, up to ten meters thick, without rammed earth. This was built by Zheng Xin using 300,000 people in three years. It is said that these 300,000 people died of exhaustion afterwards. In addition,

Two hundred thousand are mostly disabled”

"There are artillery provided by the Spanish and Dutch people on the front of the city. The Siamese did not pay money, but instead gave it the right to mine tin mines in some parts of the Malay Peninsula controlled by the Siam state."

"Although the Netherlands has declined, its East India Company is still a powerful force in Southeast Asia. Some people say that the East India Company has long surpassed the Netherlands. Their behavior is obviously somewhat out of the control of the Dutch consuls and parliaments at all levels.

"

"The artillery is mostly a common twelve-pound warship cannon, and its range can cover the entire Chao Phraya River"

"Look at there again..."

Qitade turned his telescope opposite, which was the east bank of Chao Phraya River, which was also a huge building complex, but the height of the city wall was obviously not as high as the west bank, and there was a tall small fort near Chao Phraya River.

"Your Majesty, according to the tradition of Siam, whenever the new king comes to power, in order to prevent the great nobles from causing chaos, they will definitely be transferred from their fiefdoms and moved them to the vicinity of the capital. There is the fiefdom of Quekeri, and Zheng Xin is on the west bank.

Thonburi City was built, but after Kerry came to power, it was changed to Bangkok City”

"The place on the east bank is called Thonburi City, and the Spaniards built Chao Phraya Castle on the river bank in the Santiago Fort. In this way, Bangkok City will be crossed with Thonburi Fort, which will completely block this

One end of the river”

"Now, the Siamese people are also very friendly with the major European forces, and it is obviously ours they defend."

Qitad nodded, "It's not easy for their artillery to open the fire smoothly"

Fleet Commander Zhuang Jiyun came up and said, "Your Majesty, should you fire the cannon immediately?"

Qitade did not answer immediately, but looked at Zhou Jixun, "Zheng Xin's wife and children are all locked up in the old house in Kekeli on the east coast?"

Zhou Jixun nodded, "Yes"

Qitad murmured to himself: "It's strange. Bangkok City is said to be taller and more solid. It is most suitable to lock it in the new city. Why should it be placed in the old city? In addition to the newly built military fortress, Yuzhe

The city wall is far inferior to the new city. As long as you break through this military fort, you can go ashore and take it off easily”

"Your Majesty, Zheng Xin originally had a large army of 300,000, of which 100,000 were arranged on the border, and 200,000 were all arranged here. After Kerry usurped the throne, he disbanded all the 100,000 troops led by Zheng Xin's confidants.

Rewarded part of the land for him and sent back to his original home”

"Only 200,000 are left here. The main generals are descendants of the aristocratic dynasty of the former Ayutthaya dynasty, and they all have close ties with Quekeri. Then they moved into Bangkok with 100,000 people. The remaining 100,000 are

Staying on the east coast to guard the old city can also form a corner with Bangkok City”

"Of course this is not the most important thing, but Kerry built a large temple in the old city before he went to the stage, and then sat in meditating all day long. It seemed that he would ignore political affairs and be obsessed with Buddhist affairs in the future, which also made Zheng Xin relax.

Be alert”

"On the day Zheng Xin was killed, he presided over the Buddha's Festival here, and was killed by Quekeri here. This made Quekeri think that it was this temple that blessed him, and it was the Buddha's will. After he came to power, he used gold foil.

Wrap the entire temple and name it Rama Temple”

"Zheng Xin's family was locked up there. He thought that since the Buddha could bless him to come to power, he could also prevent Zheng Xin's descendants from causing trouble. Of course, they were all their grandchildren, granddaughters, and after all, they were relatives.

I can't bear to kill him immediately"

"There are 50,000 troops going to the Nanzhang Kingdom, and 50,000 troops stationed at the border, which means there are 50,000 troops in each of the two cities in the east and west."

"Whether it was Zheng Xin and Kekeli, they learned from the lessons that the former Great City Dynasty dynasty scattered elite troops and horses in various places, and were finally defeated by the Burmese people. Instead, they concentrated the elite troops in the capital, while the general soldiers and horses were stationed in the city.

Border”

Qitade smiled and said, "It's good that way. As long as we win these two cities, our Siam strategy will be half successful."

Looking at the sky again, "It's such a heavy rain, I don't know how Ashina is going on. The reorganizer he led was carrying a large number of field artillery, which is probably useless now. The Siamese have a large number of elephant soldiers.

, If you come with a sharp temper regardless of casualties, Ashi may not be able to withstand it”

Zhou Jixun comforted: "Isn't there still the 30,000 army of Udie II? There are also many elephant soldiers in his army. They will never be defeated by the Siamese people in one meeting."

"Your Majesty!"

As the two were talking, Kang Xiaozi, who was standing beside him, pointed to a small boat in front and said loudly.

Qitad smiled and said, "Kerry sent an envoy, okay, you might as well meet him."

After a while, a man crawled up along the rope net.

The man was about forties, with a beard and a strong expression. He looked different from a Siamese man, but rather like a Han man, wearing the costumes of Siamese noble generals.

It is not easy for ordinary people to climb up along a few feet of boat rope net, but this person got up in just a few seconds, obviously quite skillful.

Qitade was stunned when he saw this person, and then smiled.
Chapter completed!