Fenghou

On the vast prairie, an army of 10 people is marching towards the east. The army spreads out over dozens of miles. Under the leadership of their respective leaders, cavalrymen follow the banner of the wolf head of Xiliao in the boundless land. Walk slowly on the grassland.

The 20 army is composed of [-] Xiliao troops and [-] Naiman troops. The Naiman tribe is the Xiajiasi people of the Tang Dynasty. They live on the vast grassland north of Jinshan. They surrendered to Xiliao [-] years ago. , Has been paying tribute to cattle and sheep to Xiliao.

This time the Western Liao army marched eastward, using the territory of the Naiman tribe. The Naiman tribe not only provided logistics support with cattle and sheep, but also sent 2 troops. Yelu Dashi promised that after capturing the city of Ketun, he would give the Naiman tribe a thousand miles pasture.

The general who commanded the army of Xiliao was Xiao Chaci, a member of the Privy Council of Xiliao. He was also one of the two hundred Khitan cavalry who fled westward with Yelu Dashi. He was also one of the important generals in the Battle of Katwan, defeating the Seljuk Empire Led by the Western Allied Forces.

The head coach of the Naiman tribe who followed him on the expedition was Nairhei, the Great Khan of the Naiman tribe.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Cha ordered: "The whole army camps in place!"

One hundred thousand troops camped on the grassland with a radius of dozens of miles. Small tents were set up, horses were tied beside the tents, and soldiers were sitting in front of piles of bonfires. Talking about the women in my hometown, laughing together wantonly.

Looking down from a high altitude, the dotted fires can't be seen at a glance.

Moving quickly to the east, two hundred miles away, the 15 combined army is also marching westward, the elites of the four tribes are all out, and the [-] Jurchen cavalry are the eyes of the entire army. At this time, Wanyan Wushu got intelligence brought by spies from the far west.

The main force of the enemy army was found two hundred miles away, Wanyan Wushu said coldly: "Notify all the troops that the big battle will be the day after tomorrow, cheer me up!"

Two days later, on the vast grassland in the north of Wushan Mountain and east of the Xuelinge River, the two armies finally met, with banners unfurled, hundreds of thousands of soldiers covering the sky, and horns blasting.

The two armies confronted each other for a full quarter of an hour, and the two armies launched their offensive almost simultaneously, just like two surging seas rushing swiftly from the east and west sides, getting closer and closer, and finally collided with each other.

An epic battle unfolded on the vast grassland.

In Quanzhou, more than a dozen Wanshi ships are slowly entering the port under the escort of two military ships. This is the official fleet and the last fleet returning north this year. There are also a large number of ordinary merchants on board. When they return with a full load of goods, they all look forward to selling them at a good price.

Due to the full recovery of the trade between Yongguo and overseas countries, a large number of goods are being shipped back from overseas, which also means that rare things are no longer expensive, and the previous ten-fold profit is gone, and even five-fold profit is gone. Only Three times the profit, but if it is sold to a commercial firm in Quanzhou Port or Guangzhou Port, the price will be lowered, or even only double the profit.

In fact, it’s not bad. If you travel overseas twice a year, the capital of [-] guan can be turned into [-] guan. What’s more important is safety. Don't worry, everyone would rather work a little harder and turn the capital of several thousand guan into tens of thousands of guan in a year.

Therefore, small seafood merchants will only increase, not decrease.

Merchants ran off the big ship one after another, went to the wharf to find labor, and transported their goods to the warehouse. Almost every merchant had their own shelves in the warehouse.

At this time, a few men got off the second big boat. They were not Han Chinese at first glance. They had dark skin, high eyebrows, and flat noses. They were typical Sanfo Qi people.

This person is Chanong, the chief trade officer of the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. The officials of the Yong Kingdom basically deal with him when they go to the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom. For example, when Chao Kun went to the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom to buy pumpkins, it was Chanong who received them. Chanon received Liu Dajiang when he went to Sanfoqi to buy an island.

Because of this, the Three Buddhas Qi State asked Yong Chao for help this time, and the king also sent Chanon. Chanon’s brows were filled with sorrow. They had received the definite news that the Zhuluo Kingdom was preparing for war, and it would most likely be around May next year. , With the help of the southwest trade wind, he reached the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom.

Fifty years ago, the Chula Kingdom raided Palembang, and the enemy navy defeated the army of Srivijaya. Tens of thousands of troops entered the capital, burned, killed and raped, committed all kinds of crimes, looted the treasury, and took hundreds of thousands of people away. was burned.

It took a full 30 years for the three Buddhas to gradually recover.

If the Zhu Luo Kingdom succeeds again this time, Sanfo Qi will probably destroy the country.

"Let's go!"

Channon sighed and walked down the boat with two of his men.

Chanong inquired all the way and asked the official in charge of overseas trade. When he heard that the chief official's surname was Chao, he suddenly thought of that young son. He was too young to be him, maybe his father.

Chao Kun hurried out of the government office and went to the pier as usual. He wanted to see if there was anything rare in the goods of the merchants.

"Master Chao!"

Chao Kun heard someone calling him, and when he turned his head, there were three people standing by the side of the road, the leader looked familiar.

"You are--"

Chanon hurried forward and said, "Don't you know me? You came to the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom before, and I received you."

"You're Chanon!"

Chao Kun suddenly recognized him. He laughed loudly, stepped forward to hug him, and asked, "Why did Brother Chanong come to Quanzhou? Is it for business?"

"Exactly! Entrusted by the king to go to your country as an envoy, I heard that the order of your trade department is also surnamed Chao. Is it your relative?"

Chao Kun couldn't help laughing, "I'm the only one here with the surname Chao, so you should be looking for me."

"Ah! Mr. Chao is the order of the Trade Administration?"

"What, isn't it?"

Chanon scratched his head, and said in surprise and joy: "I really didn't expect Mr. Chao to be so young, young and promising! Young and promising!"

Chao Kun asked one of his subordinates to go to the pier for him. He invited Chanong and his subordinates to the official office, asked his subordinates to rest and drink tea outside, invited Chanong to the guest room, and asked Yu Qian, the deputy signing order, to come.

Chao Kun was in charge of Japan and Korea, while Yu Qian was in charge of Nanyang County. He and Chanon knew each other very well, and the three met again before sitting down to drink tea.

Chanong said worriedly: "Our Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom is afraid that disaster will be imminent. The king specially sent me to Yongchao to ask your country for help!"

Chao Kun smiled slightly and said, "You mean the catastrophe is imminent, but you mean the invasion of the Zhu Luo Kingdom?"

"That's right! You know that too?"

Chao Kun nodded, "You should know Liu Dajiang! He went to Tianzhu Trade and brought back the news of Zhuluo Kingdom, but he just heard it and is not sure."

"We can be sure that there are many people from the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom in the Zhuluo Kingdom. They are all descendants of the people who were taken captive back then. Some of them worked in the army. They got the exact news that the Zhuluo Kingdom is preparing for war. Around the month, it was the beginning of May in that year when they killed the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom."

"You don't have to worry. Liu Dajiang has already gone to the capital to report to the emperor. Nanyang is also related to our vital interests. I will not sit idly by, but you still have to rely on yourself, and you can't pin all your hopes on Yongchao."

Chanon was about to cry. If he could be trusted, the king would not have sent him to the Yong Dynasty for help. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he took out the king's handwritten letter and handed it to Chao Kun, "This is our king's handwritten letter. There is a translation."

Chao Kun was silent for a moment and said: "I won't hide it from you. I have also received the edict from the emperor, appointing me as a full-fledged negotiator. If you can represent the king, then we can talk about it. If you can't, then I can go A trip to the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom."

"There are still ships heading south?"

Chao Kun nodded, "Fifteen warships and [-] soldiers are ready to go to Yongnan Island. If necessary, we will take a boat to Srivijaya together."

Chanong is very shrewd. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the condition of the emperor of your country involve land requirements?"

"Exactly!"

Chanon sighed and said, "I can't make the decision on the land, let's go to Srivijaya together!"

Three days later, Ruan De, the commander of the navy, left Quanzhou Port with fifteen Wanshi ships and [-] soldiers, and the fleet headed for Nanyang.