Three days later, Li Chengshi, the commander of the navy of the Tang Dynasty, led 300 warships to Jiaozhou. The large ships sailed into the Red River and docked at the shore. The people of Jiaozhou had never seen such a huge fleet and came to visit one after another.
When they heard that this fleet was used to fight pirates, tens of thousands of people suddenly cheered.
This time the fleet consisted of twenty thousand-stone warships, one hundred five-thousand-stone warships, and one hundred and eighty three-thousand-stone warships, with a naval force of 20,000 men.
On the largest Wanshi warship, Zhang Boyi introduced the situation of the Champa Kingdom to everyone, "During the Sui Dynasty, the Champa Kingdom was called Linyi Kingdom. It was destroyed by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The northern part was returned to the imperial court, and Jiuzhen County and Rinan County were established. The Tang Dynasty established Annan Protectorate, in addition to Jiaozhou, the original two southern counties were expanded into four states including Aizhou, Huanzhou, Tanglin Prefecture, and Luofu Prefecture.
But after the Anshi Rebellion broke out, the Tang army shrank and only retained Jiaozhou. Several other states were annexed by the Champa State, and a small number of Han people fled back to Jiaozhou."
Li Chengshi asked in confusion: "The one marked on my map is the Linyi Kingdom. Is it the Champa Kingdom or the Linyi Kingdom that fell to the ground?"
"One thing, we are called the Linyi Kingdom, and Champa is their capital, so they call themselves the Champa Kingdom or the Champa Kingdom. We can unify them and call them all the Linyi Kingdom."
Li Chengshi nodded, "That's right, otherwise there will be confusion. Also, what is the strength of Lin Yi's army?"
"There are about 50,000 troops and 10,000 elephants, and their combat effectiveness is only that much. But this country is very warlike. Just a few years ago, internal strife broke out in the Chenla Kingdom, splitting Chengshui Chenla and Lu Chenla. The Shui Chenla army was defeated and the army retreated to the Chenla River Delta.
Lin Yiguo discovered this opportunity,
They immediately joined forces with the Chola Kingdom to attack Shuizhenla and almost destroyed the country. The richest Chenla River Delta was occupied by them. They got help from the Chola Kingdom, which had a powerful navy, and now there are even Chola garrison troops!"
Du Huan perked up and asked quickly: "Do you mean, Governor Zhang, that Lin Yi State still has troops from Zhu Luo State?"
Zhang Boyi nodded, "That's true. It was also because the emperor decided to attack Lin Yi that I sent someone disguised as a businessman to Lin Yi to inquire about the situation. I went there for two months and just came back."
Zhang Boyi pointed at the map and said: "Look at why there is a thin strip in the south of Jiaozhou. This is because only the coast is a little flat, and to the west are vast mountains. Thousands of miles of mountains are covered by ancient forests. Our army can go all the way south along the coast. There are We built the official road before. I plan to lead five thousand troops south and bring ten days of dry food. There is a natural harbor in the southernmost part of Rinan County. The navy can move in sync with us, meet at the natural harbor, and unload supplies. Lin Yiguo's The capital is less than a hundred miles away from the seaport."
Li Chengshi said happily: "That's the decision, but I'm not familiar with this sea area. I need a guide!"
Zhang Boyi smiled and said: "I will give you an old fisherman as your guide. He is very familiar with this sea area and has even been to Sri Lanka."
After two days of rest, three hundred warships set off in a mighty manner and headed south along the coastline.
At the same time, Zhang Boyi led 5,000 cavalry with only ten days of dry food, and the army marched south simultaneously.
As we all know, the Hanoi area in northern Vietnam has belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years. There is also Jiaozhi in the game "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In fact, in addition to Jiaozhou on the maps of the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, there is also a thin tail at the bottom. Because central Vietnam is a large mountain range running north to south, and there is only a long strip of flat land along the coast, so on the maps of the Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiaozhou is
All have a tail.
Where is the boundary of this tail? To Da Nang, which is the natural seaport mentioned by Zhang Boyi, the two Han Dynasties established Jiuzhen County and Rinan County on this tail.
Not far south from Da Nang is the Lam Eup Kingdom, but the rich Chenla River Delta in the far south belongs to the Chenla Kingdom.
However, because Linyi State did not have much arable land, while Jiuzhen County and Rinan County had a lot of flat land, Linyi State had been coveting the land of the two counties. King Hu Youda took advantage of the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty and was forced to withdraw his troops from Annan, and led his army to the north.
, annexed Jiuzhen County and Rinan County. Because there were still a thousand troops stationed in Jiaozhou, Hu Yuda did not dare to go north, so he turned around and went south, targeting the south of Zhenla.
In addition, the Linyi State and the Zhu Luo State had been colluding for a long time. The Zhu Luo State even sent a navy to station in Linyi State, disguised as pirates, and constantly harassed Jiaozhou and Yazhou.
At this time, the Chenla Kingdom broke into internal strife and split into Shui Chenla and Lu Chenla. The two Chenla kingdoms were constantly at war. In a big war a few years ago, Shui Chenla was defeated and lost its northern territory.
Most of the land, the remaining forces fled to the Chenla River Delta.
Lin Yiguo saw the opportunity, and Lin Yiguo immediately decided to launch an attack on the remaining forces of Shuizhenla. The equally bellicose Zhuluo Kingdom also sent 10,000 troops and hundreds of warships to support Linyi. However, Shuizhenla's army was defeated by the attack of the two coalition forces and retreated to
The last stronghold is the city of Bhrati.
As a result, the Chenla River Delta with dense river networks and fertile land was occupied by the Linyi army.
The Tang army marched southward for a mile, and the people along the way were all subjects of the Central Plains Dynasty. After being occupied by the Linyi State, they were forced to accept rule, were taxed heavily, and were deeply exploited.
The return of the Tang army made the people along the way cheer for joy. They walked onto the official road one after another, ate pots of pulp and warmly welcomed the arrival of the Tang army.
However, the officials and troops of Linyi State along the way did not dare to resist and fled.
Ten days later, the Tang army arrived at the natural seaport, which was later known as Da Nang. Eighty miles further ahead was Champa, the capital of Linyi Kingdom, also called Champa.
The navy of the Tang Army had already arrived one step ahead, and the two armies immediately merged and set up a large camp in an open area on the shore to let the soldiers rest, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the situation of the occupied city.
There are currently 30,000 troops stationed in the city. King Hu Yuda's attention has been on the south. He was thinking about how to attack the last city of Shuizhenla. Unexpectedly, the Tang army actually came from the north, only eighty miles away from him.
Hu Juda was horrified. He knew that the city was short and dilapidated and could not be defended. On the one hand, he asked the nobles to retreat to the south. On the other hand, he personally led 30,000 troops and drove 10,000 elephants to fight against the Tang army.
At this time, the Tang army got the news that Lin Yi's army actually went to war.
The Tang army immediately sent out 20,000 troops to fight, with Zhang Boyi as the main general and Li Chengshi as the deputy general. The reason why Zhang Boyi, with so few soldiers, became the main general was very simple. Zhang Boyi had much more seniority than Li Chengshi, and his military rank was one level higher than Li Chengshi.
He used to be Li Guangbi's deputy general. After Li Guangbi died of illness, he handed over tens of thousands of troops to him. After surrendering to Li Ye, he was ordered to restore Jiaozhou.
Zhang Boyi kept pace with the times and was very familiar with the various advanced firearms currently available to the Tang Army.
This time the navy arrived, they brought with them three of the most popular weapons of the Tang army: explosive arrows, arrow thunders, and iron fire thunders. There was also another great weapon, the artillery, which was water.
A weapon in military and naval warfare.
The Tang army came to a wilderness, and there was a large forest seven or eight miles away. At this time, the Tang army felt the huge movement in the forest, the dust was flying, and the earth was shaking.
Among the five thousand Tang troops, three thousand were transferred from Nanzhao. They had all participated in the final Nanzhao battle and had experience.
General Wei Yulin immediately said to Zhang Boyi: "General, this is the enemy's vanguard of elephants. There should be tens of thousands of them. We defeated them in Nanzhao."
Zhang Boyi nodded. He knew that Lin Yi's army had ten thousand elephants, and they all drove the elephants to run in front.
He immediately asked: "How to defeat the elephant!"
The elephant herd is afraid of fireworks and arrows and thunder, so they attack with arrows, thunder and kerosene, and then use exploding arrows to chase and shoot behind them. The elephant herd will be defeated.
Zhang Boyi nodded, "Pass my order, pour five hundred barrels of kerosene, and prepare two thousand heavy crossbowmen!"
