The capital of Linyi State, Zhanpo Bulu, is called "Dianchong" as the Central Plains. An army left the military camp outside the city and advanced towards the northern important town area in the northwest. The team was full of infantry, and the huge war elephant had already set off a few days ago.

The elephant soldiers of Linyi Kingdom are troops comparable to those of the elephant soldiers of Funan Kingdom. Such a large-scale mobilization was because the situation in the northern border was tense and powerful elephant soldiers needed to support them.

On the north side of the border are the Hengshan Mountains, and on the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain are the Jiao, Ai, De, Li and Mingzhou boundaries of the Central Plains. At the beginning of this year, a tremendous change occurred in the Central Plains. The enemy of Chen State, Zhou, sent troops to attack Lingbiao, occupied Fanyu, Guangzhou, and then marched towards Jiaozhou.

Li Fozi, the governor of Jiaozhou in Chen State, was actually the king of Wanchun State. He has controlled the Jiaozhou area for more than ten years and has sent troops to confront Lin Yi State from time to time across Hengshan. He is a very strong opponent, but was easily defeated by the Zhou army.

In order to prevent the Zhou army from invading the south, Linyi State mobilized its troops to reinforce the important northern towns and prepare to defend against the enemy in advance. This was not a trouble for the mediocre person, but it was true: the commander of the Zhou army sent an envoy to meet the King of Linyi and asked Linyi State to hand over the remnants of Wanchun State.

Where did Linyi Kingdom accommodate the remnants of Wanchun Kingdom? The Zhou army made trouble for nothing. In order to prevent the other party from invading the south, it was necessary to strengthen border defense and let the other party give up another idea that they should not have.

What is another idea? Of course it is the so-called "recovery of Rinan County".

Rinan County was established by the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, with five counties: Zhuwu, Bijing, Lurong, Xijuan and Xianglin. It was the southernmost county of the Han Dynasty. During the Later Han Dynasty, Xianglin County, Rinan County, occupied people in the area and gathered people to rebel, killed the county magistrate to establish Linyi State, and proclaimed himself the King of Linyi.

The governor of Jiaozhi sent troops to quell the rebellion, but the Han army suffered a defeat in the internal strife. The Han court wanted to transfer troops from the Central Plains, but it was unable to do so, which led to the expansion of Linyi Kingdom and finally gained a foothold.

The situation in the Central Plains has been chaotic for hundreds of years, and the territory of Linyi Kingdom gradually expanded. After a hundred years of confrontation with Wu, Jin, Song, Qi and Liang Kingdoms, which operated Jiaozhi (Jiaozhou), it finally successfully eroded the entire Rinan County and looked north of Jiaozhou based on Hengshan.

The fertile land of Jiaozhou can produce a large amount of food that Linyi State urgently needs. However, now, Linyi State must be wary of the new owner of Jiaozhou and have unreasonable thoughts about the former Rinan County.

The Xijuan, the capital of Rinan County, was now a major northern town in Linyi. If the army in the north wanted to invade the capital of Linyi, it had to take down the capital. More than a hundred years ago, when the Song army invaded, it broke through the Hengshan Mountains, captured the capital of Linyi, and finally captured the capital of Linyi.

This scene must not be repeated. So no matter whether the Zhou army was bluffing or had any thoughts, the Linyi Kingdom was facing a great enemy, and increased its troops and strengthened its border defense to prevent the Zhou army from making false acts and making a big spy invasion in the south.

Will the Zhou army invade south? Not sure, but Linyi Kingdom sent people to Jiaozhou Longbian Port to inquire about the news. It roughly estimated that the number of Zhou army arriving in Jiaozhou was limited, and the control of Jiao, Xing, De, Ai, Li and Ming states were still barely enough. If you want to invade south, you might not be able to do so.

Linyi Kingdom is no longer the weak country back then. It has strong military strength and war elephants to help. Moreover, it is summer now and the weather is extremely hot. Most of the Zhou army from the north may have died of illness before the battle took place.

Therefore, everyone firmly believes that even if a war breaks out, the Linyi Kingdom will still win in the end.

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There are two rivers outside Dianchong City that converge one by one, flowing eastward forty miles into the sea, and the mouth of the sea is what the Central Plains calls "Dazhanhaikou" and "Linyipu". Linyi Port located in Dazhanhaikou is very prosperous and is an important port that must pass through the "Tonghaiyi Road" originated from Fanyu.

Just like Jiaozhou Longbiao Port, Linyi Port formed a densely populated port area city. The capital city Dianchong, forty miles upstream, often ships flow downstream from Dazhanhaikou into the bay, and then head to Zhanbulao Mountain more than a hundred miles east.

Zhanbulao Mountain is located in the sea. It is actually a large island with temples on the top of the island. It is an important Brahmin temple in Linyi Kingdom.

The state religion of Linyi State originated from the Brahmanism in India. The main ethnic group in China is the Cham tribe, and the writing is written in Sanskrit, which is completely different from Jiaozhou. The punishment of Linyi State is very simple and only two types: sinners are either trampled to death by an elephant or thrown to the Zhanbulao Mountain to live and die.

A large ship that had just passed Dazhan Haikou and entered the bay was moving towards Zhanbulao Mountain to the east. The special passengers held in the cabin were to arrive at Zhanbulao Mountain who had to die for themselves.

On the mountain is a sacred temple, and the jungle at the foot of the mountain is the bones of those who have lived and died here for hundreds of years. Therefore, the occupation of Mount Bulao has two completely different meanings for the people of Linyi.

On the deck, several soldiers were chatting, and they were naturally speaking as Zhan people.

"How come these sinners can one or two hang their heads and hurt their energy, and can avoid elephant punishment, and live for a few more days to the mountain of Zhanbuluo? This is the favor of Lord Shiva to them, and what else can I complain about?"

"Oh, you don't know that in the woods that can't take up the foot of the mountain, let's see if there are so many mosquitoes. Just one night can make people lose a few pounds. Who can survive for a few nights?"

"If these sinners were trampled by an elephant, they would die on the spot. They would die more happily. If they were exiled to the Mount Zhanbulao, they would not be able to break through the guards and go to the mountain. They could only suffer torture in the woods until they died unpleasantly, so they sighed."

"But, I heard that someone really survived in the woods of Mount Zhabulao."

"What's there to envy if you live out of ten? Even if you survive, you can't leave the mountain of zodiac signs. You can only live without humans or ghosts. That's even more uncomfortable than death."

As the soldiers chatted, the ship gradually sailed to the outer edge of the bay, with a salty sea breeze blowing on the face, and the seagulls flew unsteadily on the side of the ship. On the sea and skyline ahead, the destination of their trip was the Bilao Mountain.

There are many more official ships cruising in the bay than before. Their responsibilities are to guide foreign ships into the port and also to defend against pirates. Now the number has increased several times, which is said to be to prevent the attack of Zhou army warships.

"Will the Zhou army take the sea to attack the capital?"

"Who knows, but I think it's not that easy even if I want to come. If the Zhou army fleet set off from Longbian Port and came along the coast, they would first pass by Zhuwupu, Sihuipu, east of District Su, and then there would be Duguan Cyprus. In that case, the capital would have received the news and prepared for defense."

"But if the Zhou army did not take a coastal route but came from the Northeast Island, no one would have informed him along the way."

"Come on, come on. Now that the hurricane is raging, they cross from the Northeast Island without fear of death. When they encounter hurricanes on the way, they will all be finished!"

While the conversation was about, someone shouted: "Boats, so many boats! So many boats!"

When everyone heard this, they looked east or northeast. They saw thousands of waves above the sea, with only scattered sails. There were no "many boats" in sight. The man shouted anxiously: "It's south, look at the south!"

When I turned around, I saw many sail shadows appearing in the sea south of the bay, densely packed like woods, which looked shocking.
Chapter completed!