Chapter 207

Before the war

Since the launch of the shuttle from Zhongzhou to Yizhou, large steel-shelled ships have been docked in Ceylon Kalamba every month, which greatly stimulated the foreign trade of this kingdom and brought generous profits to the Tamil King.

Drink water and remember the source

After the Tamil King became rich, he built many Chinese-style buildings for the past Song Dynasty merchants to live in. Among them, a huge villa was specially built to receive officials from the Song Dynasty. The villa covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, including pavilions, pavilions, ponds, and fish swimming in green lotus. It all contains the essence of Chinese-style architecture.

Now the place where Wenshen and Zhao Hu live is this villa.

"Committee, this place is built very delicious and is a bit similar to Xingzhou." Zhao Hu walked around the villa and came to Wenshen.

"Yeah, not yet."

Wenshen said with satisfaction. Suddenly, he remembered that the origin of cotton was India, and it was relatively close to India, so he was very likely to plant cotton. So he asked the Tamil King who was with him, "By the way, most of the bedding in my room is cotton fabric. Is there anyone growing cotton here?"

"It is true that as the adults said, we did plant a small amount of cotton here. However, the cloth weaving does not seem to be as good as the Song Dynasty. The supplies in the room are all purchased from the Song Dynasty. Our quality is not good, so I'm sorry to use it for the adults."

"So that's how it is. I said that those supplies feel so comfortable. They were produced in China." After saying that, Wenshen thought that the cotton grown in China was from modern times to high-quality cotton seeds, which must be much better than those in this era. At the same time, he also thought that India is a good place to grow cotton, and after occupation, it can be promoted and planted on a large scale.

...

During dinner, King Tamil contributed all the most delicious dishes and wines. Everyone was eating and talking, and there were dancers next to him to cheer him up. However, Wenshen really couldn't be interested in these dancers and looked really sorry to the audience. Maybe he was a small country and had no decent one.

King Wenshen of Tamil has the highest official position, and he has only contacted him before, so he laughed and said, "My Lord is still satisfied with the meal?"

"Aren't you" used to eating modern food, the meal is really not delicious, but it's all green vegetables and fruits, with a faint fragrance, which makes people feel quite refreshing.

"That's great. I'll attack Zhunian Kingdom. Do you think it's better for me to send out how many soldiers?"

"Mr. Zhao and General Seal Socks are in charge of this matter, so you should discuss it with them." Since he decided to hand over the Nanyang affairs to Zhao Hu, Wenshen no longer planned to take care of it, especially such trivial matters.

King Tamil smiled awkwardly, then turned to look at Zhao Hu.

When Zhao Hu saw that Wen Shen really didn't care, he felt the pressure doubled. After thinking for a long time, he said that you are a comparison with the country of Zhuyan. I think you know them better. Let me first talk about their strength?"

"Speaking of this, the Zhunian Kingdom is still very powerful. Their capital has seven levels, with a city of seven feet high. First, the second city is a residential house, and is isolated by a water and moat around the city. Third, the fourth city is an official government, the fifth and sixth city are royal palaces, and the seventh level is royal palace. What's even more terrifying is that the Zhunian Kingdom is warlike, with 60,000 elephants in animals, each fighting elephant is seven or eight feet high. Elephants carry a small house on their backs. The soldiers fight with bows and arrows, and kill with spears at close range. The soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they are ready to die. The victors will receive the rewards and flags to show their merits."

The Tamil King said a lot in one breath, and he heard Zhao Hu and Se Socks frown. In the end, Se Socks said that he didn't expect that the power of the Zhunian Country was so powerful. In the naval battle, the steel giant ship still had the power to fight. If we had land battles, we would probably be a little hungry now."

Zhao Hu said coldly that you want to bet on the Nian Kingdom, our Nanyang Fleet, or not, is it not certain?"

"Don't, if the general doesn't help, our naval battle may not be victorious."

At this time, it was a bit difficult to ride a tiger. He didn't expect that the army would be 60,000 in the battle elephant of the country's war was 60,000, and wouldn't it be more than 10,000. Now he has only more than 10,000 people. Even if the firearms are powerful, it is probably impossible to defeat the army ten times more. Moreover, his firearms are only 1,000.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Zhao Hu said leisurely that if our Nanyang Fleet participated in the war, there would be casualties and losses."

Leather socks thought it was reasonable. Yes, they helped you for no reason, so they laughed and said that the Nanyang Fleet might participate in the war in vain. Half of the victory was returned to the Song Dynasty. What do the general think?"

Zhao Hu glanced at the leather socks and thought that he couldn't see that this person had such courage, and he actually took out half of the spoils. At this time, King Tamil interrupted and said that we could send 8,000 troops to assist. Moreover, we also have a heavy firearm, which is quite powerful."

"Heavy-duty firearm?" Leather Sock was shocked and wondered if there were better firearms in Dasong.

"Our Nanyang Fleet will support you from the side and ensure that you will not be threatened at sea." Zhao Hu weighed it. It was absolutely no harm to the Song Dynasty, and he might get a lot of benefits.

"That's great." Hearing Zhao Hu's agreement, the leather socks seemed extremely happy.

"Then can we send 8,000 troops from Ceylon to get some benefits?" King Tamil felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the two of them leaving him aside, but in order to get the benefits in the middle, he had to bite the bullet and ask.

After thinking about the leather socks, I felt that the more strength, the more chance of winning. "This also depends on General Zhao. But if you are willing to participate in the war, I can give you 10% of the benefits."

"Okay, one achieve one % of the results, but the main force of the attack is still you three Buddhas, let's help from the side."

Although the Tamil King felt that it was a little too little, he agreed. He believed that if he defeated Zhunian Kingdom, the three Buddhas would at most search for gold, silver and jewelry, and the land could not be taken away. Their Ceylon was so close to Zhunian Kingdom, they might be able to move into the mainland. If they could obtain the land of the mainland, it would definitely be a huge benefit.

After bargaining, the three parties finally reached an agreement and decided to attack Zhunian Kingdom three days later.

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Hundreds of warships of the Three Kingdoms coalition were in a vast and could not have been unaware of it. Soon someone passed the news to the King of Zhunian.

The king of Zhunian Kingdom was named Luo Cha III. He was about forty years old and was very good at drinking and sex. His body bones were almost hollowed out, but his mind was not stupid. He heard the report from the visitor and an emergency meeting was held in the palace.

He leaned halfway on the throne, glanced at His Highness’s ministers, and asked all his beloved ministers that they were all countermeasures to the attack of the Three Buddhas and Qilians in the Song Dynasty.”

"The defeated general under the Three Foqi, and the small country of Ceylon, is not worth worrying about. But we have to think carefully about this Song Dynasty." A middle-aged minister spoke first.

"Your Majesty, I think so too." Another minister took a step forward. "Although there were not many ships in the Song Dynasty, they were very huge and all made of steel. Our wooden warships were no match for them. Back then, our Fanbian Ceylon sent hundreds of warships to attack three Great Song ships, but since then, we completely lost control of Ceylon."

"I remember that I was planning to take revenge at that time, and later I asked you to stop me." King Zhunian rubbed his temples and recalled this incident.

"Then should we do it? Could it be that they will attack us unimpededly?" a young man suddenly asked loudly.

"Your Highness, the Song Dynasty is thousands of miles away, and it is impossible for us to have a large number of troops. Although we may not be able to defeat them at sea, we can just say it on land." The middle-aged minister smiled confidently.

"What you said is reasonable, but we can't let them land and attack us in a big way." Although the young prince agreed with his idea, he was still a little angry when he only carried out land wars and not naval wars. It was a while since the fleet of Zhunian Kingdom spread across the Bay of Bengal for some time, a fleet suddenly appeared so that they had no power to fight back. The gap was indeed a bit big.

This was the King Zhunian’s speech, “I remember that our former kings once paid tribute to the Song Dynasty a hundred years ago. Should they beat us? The reason why we didn’t pay tribute for a long time.”

"Uh... it may be this reason. I heard that the Three Buddhas often go to the Song Dynasty to pay tribute. It must be the Three Buddhas who said we bullied him and asked the Song Dynasty to help with revenge. Otherwise, the Three Buddhas will have the courage to attack us." The middle-aged minister thought about it and found it reasonable, and made some simple speculations.

"Can you pay some money to the Song Dynasty and let them ignore the matter between us and the Three Buddhas?" The King of Zhunian was not stupid, and felt that he would not fight against a strong country.

"This...but try it. But Weichen thinks there is little hope. And we can't contact the Song Dynasty now."

"Then we will prepare both ways. On the one hand, we organize soldiers to defend, and on the other hand, we also send a delegation to lobby officials of the Song Dynasty." The King of Zhunian made the final decision.

"Also, our defense focuses on land, but we also need to carry out certain defenses at sea. However, our warships still have certain strength. Of course, it is best not to fight hard and try to fight roundaboutly." At the end, the King of Zhuyan added.

"Abide by the order," the ministers shouted in unison.

...

On this day, the Three Kingdoms fleets of Sanfoqi, Ceylon and the Song Dynasty set off from Kalamba and headed northwest. At noon the next day, a fleet of more than 300 ships appeared on the sea level in the distance, with flags flying on the ship, looking very extraordinary.

"The main fleet of Zhunian Country should be ahead of the commission's seat. It seems to be quite a few." Zhao Hu seemed a little excited.

Wenshen picked up the telescope and stared at it, "It seems to be."

"Now the fleet of Sanfoqi and Ceylon has not been followed yet. Do you think we will fight first?"

"You are the commander of the fleet, please make your own decisions." Wen Shen replied lightly.

"I understand," Zhao Hu replied loudly.

Chapter 207

Before the war

Chapter 207

Before the war

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