During the chilly spring season in the Ming Dynasty, Zhenla is still like summer.

However, the cool season has not yet ended. Unless the sun is exposed outside when the sky is in the sky, the climate is not as hot as it is. At this time, the situation of the King Angkor Royal City is very chaotic, the city is panicked, and the palace is full of haze.

The general had fled back to the royal city from the sea. When he talked about the status quo in front of King Benhaya, he suddenly said a harsh sentence in anger: "The stupidity of the queen's family has led to the endless disaster of Zhenla Kingdom."

At this time, Queen Isuva was next to the king. The atmosphere in the hall was immediately awkward. After saying this, the general seemed to realize that he was blurting out the words, so he stopped talking and stopped talking.

Yisuwa immediately responded coldly: "Your experience in Saigon Bay is probably not better than Ann. How can you tell me if you do this?"

Only King Benhaya is qualified to say such a harsh word. But the king was frowning and silent.

The situation facing Zhenla Kingdom is far more than just a great defeat between the navy and the army, and a loss of troops and humiliation of the country. After the Ming army defeated, the army had withdrawn. At least for the time being, Zhenla Kingdom would no longer face the Ming army's fierce attack; however, the Siam Kingdom's inferred injury became a fatal last blow.

The result of the Saigon Bay War made the Ayutthaya dynasty end the wait-and-see. The royal family clearly chose the victorious side, not only to protect themselves, but also to make profits from it, take the opportunity to expand the land and improve the status of the Ayutthaya dynasty.

As soon as the news of the main defeat of the Zhenla army spread, the Siam State immediately claimed that it had "respected the Ming Dynasty as the sect leader". They then responded to the previous Ming Dynasty's edict and sent troops to attack Zhenla.

The Siam Kingdom also sent envoys south from the sea, intending to contact the people of the Ming Kingdom. However, their ships were intercepted by the only remaining warships of the Zhen La Army.

At present, the Siam Army was heading straight from the land and heading towards Angkor Thom. The Zhenla royal family was powerless for a while and could no longer gather the army that could compete with it.

This ancient and sturdy royal city is about to face siege by the Siam army; this crisis is the weakest time when Angkor Thom is.

The situation was so serious that Yisuva tactfully restrained the shame and anger in her heart and did not continue to speak ill of the general. She just looked at the general coldly for a while, with unconcealed anger in her eyes.

At this moment, the king finally spoke: "Why haven't Ann been ordered to come back?"

The general said angrily again: "He knew that there was a great sin and hid in the territory and did not obey orders. He was afraid that the king would be punished."

Isuva's deep eyes looked at the general again, but she didn't say anything. She had guessed that the king's plan was that she might want to take Ann and ask for peace with the Ming people.

As expected, the king then said: "We should probably give up Angkor Thom as soon as possible and move to Phnom Penh."

The general immediately asked, "What will happen to the Ming people?" He paused for a while and said, "The Ming army can directly reach Phnom Penh City from the Mekong River. After the Battle of Saigon Bay, the Ming fleet passed through the river next to Phnom Penh City and destroyed the pagoda of the Buddhist temple in the city with cannons on the ship."

The king said: "My country cannot go to war on both sides of the east and west at the same time. It is time to negotiate peace with the Ming people."

Everyone in the hall was silent.

After a long time, a guard came in the passage in front of the hall and reported to the general guarding the west gate of the royal city to see him. Benhaya asked the general to come in and speak.

After waiting for a while, the guard Ximen brought a follower to the King's Hall. The guard claimed that the patrol of the Zhenla Army met the Siamese people in the west and obtained two wooden boxes.

The king asked: "What is in the box?"

The guard stammered and didn't say anything, so he asked the entourage to take the box over, then carried it forward, and presented it to the king. Yisuwa had already smelled a disgusting smell and guessed that it might be something bloody and fishy that could not be looked at.

The king ordered the guard to open the box.

The first box was a somewhat rotten head. In the head, there was a volume of document in his mouth. The head was the messenger sent by Zhenla Royal City! The document was mostly a peace talks written by the Zhenla royal family to the Dacheng Royal City.

Such a terrifying scene, in the rotten air, makes people feel deep hatred.

The Ayutthaya dynasty of Siam was established for only a few decades. Its royal family once ruled the Luohu Kingdom and was a minister of the Zhenla Kingdom for a long time. It was not until decades ago that the Luohu Kingdom royal family moved to the Ayutthaya and established the Ayutthaya dynasty, and then gradually broke away from the rule of the Zhenla Kingdom. The royal families of the two countries had many old grievances, and the failure of the Zhenla army in the battle seemed to have quickly intensified the old hatreds.

When the guard opened the second box, Yisuwa glanced at it and suddenly froze. She showed an incredible shock.

The head in the box was actually the head of her only younger brother Ann.

Yisuwa suddenly stood up from the chair and staggered to the box and squatted down. She trembled slightly and stretched out her hand to caress the already smelly head. Tears came out of her deep bird's nest, and soon the paint that was applied around her eyes was blurred.

"Our family's territory is south of Tonle Sap Lake, not in the direction of the Siamese army's march. How could Ann fall into the hands of the Siamese?" she shook her head.

Everyone said nothing, only the guard who brought the box to the box said, "It must be the Siamese who sent troops to attack General Ann's manor."

Isuva seemed to have not heard it, and was still immersed in sadness.

Ann's head was covered with wounds, and her lifeless face was twisted and twisted. She should have suffered a long time of inhuman torture before her death, and her painful and tragic appearance was frozen in death. She could not recognize Ann, which was completely different from Ann's handsome face, often with a cynical smile.

Then Yisuwa suddenly came to her senses. If the manor on the family territory was destroyed, what would happen to her parents, two sisters and one sister?

Isuva couldn't imagine it, but seeing Ann's tragic appearance, she could guess what the result was.

Her face with tears slowly blew out hatred and anger. She shook her head and said, "The Ming people were killed by An En, but they are not so cruel. Why should the Siamese people who were killed in heaven treat An En like this?"

The general's voice said coldly: "I am weak because of the defeat of Zhen La Kingdom."

Another voice said carefully: "Don't the Siamese people want us to make peace with the Ming Dynasty?" The person who spoke was the minister in charge of palace affairs.

Seeing that the Isuwa family was so miserable, the king raised his hand to stop the ministers and advised Isuwa: "It's over now, the queen should not be too sad."

Yisuva said with red eyes: "I only have hatred."

At this time, the minister in charge of palace affairs just now said: "An En is dead, and the king should send his head to the Ming people's camp to make peace. Then we can migrate to Phnom Penh City, and temporarily avoid the sharp edge of the Siam power and get a breather.

In the future, we should change our national policy and regard the Siam Ayutthaya as our biggest enemy. We should make good efforts with the Ming people in the east and ease our relationship with the Ming vassal states Chameng and Annan; we should contact Myanmar to jointly deal with Siam. Myanmar has hatred with Siam, so we should fight for this ally to seek revenge."

Isuva said: "Ann is already so miserable, and his body and head are different. Can he still humiliate his head?"

The general said: "Which is more important than the survival of Zhenla Kingdom, please think twice."

Benhaya gave a wink and asked the city gate guard to take the box away. So the discussion ended, and the king and ministers and nobles left the hall one after another.

In the following days, Isuva was immersed in extreme grief and hatred all day long, and was cursing the Siamese people to suffer retribution.

However, the curse seemed to work. The Siamese army suddenly accelerated its advance and soon arrived in Angkor Town. The city was in chaos, and many people managed to leave the city and escape to the village.

Angkor Thom area is the central hinterland of the Zhenla Kingdom. The migration of the royal family means the power of the entire kingdom to migrate to the southeast; in order to preserve its strength, the migration of the royal family is not an easy task. At this time, the royal family is obviously not ready at all.

The confidant minister suggested that the king and queen and others could quietly hide in Angkor Wat to avoid the royal city in case the enemy was captured; it was best to set off in the early morning with the guards and not tell the subjects, so as not to shake people's hearts.

Angkor Wat is a huge temple located on the south side of the royal city. Although it is just a temple complex, it is known as "Little Angkor Thom". It has a stone wall and a moat, and it looks like a small city and has strong defense capabilities.

Because the Zhenla army in the royal city is currently in severe shortage of troops, it is easier to defend in small towns like Angkor Wat. Moreover, the Siamese people are very likely to be unable to know about it. King Zhenla should not send troops to attack in Angkor Wat.

So the king agreed with the suggestion of his confidant minister and prepared to take his whole family to the temple to temporarily avoid disaster in the early morning of the next day.

When the group of people leaving the royal city, it was not yet dawn. People went out from the South Gate and walked south along the royal city Avenue for a period of time. Angkor Wat was on the east side of the boulevard.

King Benhaya and Isuva rode on a large sedan chair together. When the sedan chair turned left to Angkor Wat, Benhaya couldn't help but look back at the royal city, sighing with a very lonely expression.

Benhaya had enough reason to have such a sad mood. The Zhenla Kingdom was once the overlord of this land and was very powerful. Many small countries such as the Siamese could only surrender and pay tribute. The Zhenla royal family looked so vague. Champa and Annan Kingdom were not opponents of the Zhenla people, and had to live for a long time in fear and struggle to resist the expansion of the Zhenla people.

But now, the strong past seems to have disappeared. Even the Siamese people chased King Zhenla and had to escape before dawn.

After three hundred years, Angkor Wat gradually appeared in front of people. In the vaguely dark morning light, the ancient stone walls and pagodas were very old, and the quiet and quaint scene was like a cemetery.
Chapter completed!