The calendar used by the Zhenla people is relatively similar to that used by the Ming Dynasty. After November (between the lunar calendar, the climate reaches the cool season; this is the season with the lowest temperatures that are subdivided in the dry season.

Even the real people who are used to the hot and rainy climates like the cool season.

In this short three or four months, the temperature is gentle and pleasant, neither lukewarm nor hot, and the rain is minimal. Although it often rains at this time, the ordinary rain time is very short. After the ground is wet, it will soon evaporate and the road will not be muddy.

However, the army of the Ming Kingdom did not arrive at the beginning of the Liang season. When the Ming army approached the Saigon area, it was already late November (10th of the lunar calendar), and it wasted almost a month of good days. Both the Zhen La people and the Mantajia people speculated that it might be because of the storm that the time for the Ming army to advance was delayed.

Therefore, the envoys on the Zhenla warship were very satisfied with this.

General Zhenla could guess the mood of the messenger at this time: there was not much time left in Liangji; even if the Zhenla people failed to win on the battlefield, they would drag the Ming army to Zhenla Kingdom throughout Liangji. The Ming army could not continue to move south at least this year, and perhaps within a few years, they would not continue to invade the south at all; because after the war was consumed, the Ming army would most likely return.

And this is the worst result.

The general stood on the deck and watched the scene ahead. His face was shiny and shiny in the sun.

The soft sunlight in the morning did not make him feel too uncomfortable. The temperature at sea was not high and the sea breeze was cool. The stable temperature could not form a hurricane at sea. The wind was very stable, making the sails very full and look quite beautiful.

What was a little unsatisfactory was that they rushed over from the southwest of Saigon Port, and the direction of their navigation was heading against the wind.

Originally, the northeastern winds in the oceans will not prevail until December of the Gregorian calendar every year; but this year's northeastern monsoon seems to come earlier. It is only late November, and the northeastern wind is blowing from the ocean.

However, in this battle, things like going up or going up are the least important conditions.

Because the coalition fleet is going to raid, not to set up a battle, as long as the wind can blow their fleet to Saigon, that is enough. If both armies are prepared and set up a decisive battle, whether against the wind or the wind, the coalition is not the opponent of the Ming people. Therefore, even if it is a good wind, it will have no effect on the coalition.

There was no enemy ship on the sea today. The general was watching himself and ordered other ships to observe. Until now, the coalition forces had not seen the enemy ship; the Ming people should have not noticed the movement of the coalition fleet.

Everything is perfect.

The general stared at the sea with a calm expression and took a deep breath in the wind. When he first went out to sea, he could smell the faint fishy smell in the sea breeze, but now he can't smell it at all.

The entire sea was covered with ships, most of which were sampan boats, not big, but many; there were only a large ship with soft sails in the fleet of Mantaga people from time to time. Mantaga people were believers of the Hui Muslim sect, and they came and went with countries in the Sultan Kingdom of North India, Persia and other places.

The shadow of the ship in the distance was very small, and there was a large ship between many small boats from time to time. The general looked over from a distance and felt like a large area of ​​ants. There was a larger soldier ant among the worker ant from time to time.

At this moment, a small boat gradually shuttled over from the west of the fleet, near the direction of land.

The boat slowly approached the general's flagship and threw it up with a grapple hook to fix the position. Then, a rope ladder was dropped on the side of the boat. After a while, a military man climbed onto the deck below.

The military man had yellow copper armor on his forearms, heads, and shoulders. His robe was covered with his body, his arms and chest muscles were exposed in the sun, dark and strong. At first glance, this person was a person with some identity.

The military man came over and faced the general and the envoy of the Mantaojia, and folded his hands together to pay homage to him.

"There is a secret report." The military man took out a bamboo tube.

The general waved his hand and told the people around him to retreat, but did not let the Mantaga messenger leave. Now the Zhenla people and the Mantaga messenger formed a coalition force, and the Zhenla people did not need to hide the messenger from the military information.

"Very good." The general said briefly after reading the secret report. His expression was still calm and calm.

Then, the messenger of the Mantaga was allowed to read the letter. He could not hold back his emotions and soon smiled on his face. Then he raised his head excitedly and laughed. The general looked at him and smiled.

The secret report came from the Zhenla noble An En, the queen's younger brother. An En had many ideas about the overall deployment and strategy of this war, and he was the person who supported this strategy the most. Therefore, the general who commanded the troops on land was An En.

Ann sent the latest news.

The main force of the Ming army had already arrived ashore, and the camp was near the intersection of the Tongnai River and the Qianjiang River (South of Hu Zhiming City). The Ming army was on the east bank of the Tongnai River, and the Zhenla army was on the west bank of the river. The two armies stood in a confrontation across the river, less than twenty miles apart.

On the east bank of the Great River, there were dozens of military camps in the Ming Dynasty. Those military camps were built along the edges of rice fields and in the woods, and they lasted for several miles. The Ming army built ditch wall fortifications around the military camp, and the army was stationed in the military camp, waiting for the fighter jets to fight to the decisive battle. During this period, the flags were like clouds and countless swords and guns were numerous.

An En bravely approached and watched with all his life. He estimated that the Ming army's military camp had a large number of troops, not 20,000, and more than 10,000 people! Even in Liangji, the Ming army was quite unacceptable to the local situation. In order to repel mosquitoes, they lit a lot of herbal cigarettes in the military camp. The smoke was foggy and smoky in the military camp. The unpleasant smell of grass smoke could be smelled two miles away.

"The vast majority of Ming people are in Qianjiang and the intersection of Tongnai River." The messenger of Mantaga said gasping. His face was broken just now and his breathing was also affected. Finally, he calmed down from his extreme excitement.

The general's expressionless face was still expressionless, but he still agreed with the fact: "Yes, it went smoothly."

He put away the secret report and continued to calmly look at the sea in front of him. After a while, the general spoke again: "Everything went well."

"It's really going well." After the general said this, he even realized that he was a little verbose. He changed his words and said, "The army of the Ming Dynasty has just arrived. It's not clear where our fleet on the sea is. But they didn't even send a single ship? In the past two days, we have not seen any enemy ships coming out to search."

The messenger glanced at him and said, "The General is too cautious."

The general understood the envoy's eyes and understood that he was indeed a very cautious person.

When discussing affairs in the King's Hall, the person who insisted on passively avoiding the war and hid around Angkor Thom and did not go to war was the general. Now that the battle curtain has been opened, he was ordered to lead the fleet to attack, which was not his own opinion; it was simply because the king finally adopted Ann's opinion.

The voice of the Mantaga messenger said, "The sea surface is so vast! Since the Ming people cannot send out a whole fleet and set up a wide formation to search; they are very likely to have sent out scattered whistle ships but missed us."

The general turned his head to look at him and nodded slightly, feeling that it made sense.

The envoy said again: "Before setting sail, we hid on the Mekong River for a long time. Both sides of the Mekong River were filled with water and jungles. If the enemy did not get close, they would not be able to find warships at all. The coalition forces had only been out of the sea for two days. It is possible that when the Ming people sent out their sentry ships, they happened to be not in these two days, and they missed the time."

The general nodded and said yes.

The fleet continued to move forward in a roundabout way. In the afternoon, they finally arrived at Saigon Port (near Vung Tau). Ming ships gradually revealed shadows from the calmer arc sea level.

Although it was still far away, after a while, the general saw clearly that the countless warships had not raised their sails. The enemy ships were all stationary and floating in the bay. It seemed that the Ming people knew nothing about the arrival of the coalition fleet in advance!

At this time, the large-scale warships of the Zhenla Manta and the coalition forces were still urging sails to continue to advance.

The envoy of Mantaga pointed to the distance and smiled and said, "The enemy ships are still moored now. Their situation is surrounded by land on three sides, and our warship fleet is in the southwest; we can't escape! The enemy only discovered that the troops on the shore of Qianjiang River are also far away from the water and cannot save the nearby fire."

The general's eyes did not blink, and he stared very round. The big eyes on his black face looked like torches, and he looked coldly at the groups of "prey" in the distance. On the surface, he still had no emotional fluctuations. He asked himself in a very gentle and cautious tone: "Can we attack?"

Perhaps he was not asking questions, but carefully examining the battlefield again at the critical moment of tension. The country is easy to change and his nature is difficult to change, and his cautious temperament is difficult to change.

The messenger said, "Of course, what are you waiting for?"

This full-stinged messenger always thought it was very interesting and often liked to make some less funny jokes. At this time, he joked again: "The fat meat is over the mouth. The general wants to give up, but are you willing to give up?"

The general nodded slightly, his eyes never left the front for a moment. At this time, he withdrew his gaze, looked around for a while, and then said calmly: "The time is here."

The messenger of Mantaga was extremely excited and shouted loudly in the wind: "Now that Ibris has come to the world and cannot save the Ming people!"

The envoy said it was right. The general looked up at the sun that was far west and thought it was less than half a day before dark. Most of the Ming army troops on the land could not have time to save the fleet, and the Ming fleet was all blocked in the bay, so they could not even escape.

They were dead. General Zhenla could not imagine what other Ming people could have.
Chapter completed!