Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1210
Kampong Chhnyang City, a key city in the northwest of Cambodia, located on the southeastern side of the Tonle Sap Lake, not far from the mouth of the lake, has raised its vigilance again in the past few days. There are also more and more small clippers on the Tonle Sap River in the east of the city patrolling from time to time. The Siamese Ming army is flowing down the northwest.

The shape of these fast boats is somewhat like the eagle boats of the Daming Navy.The hulls of these boats are covered with thatch-bamboo pavé, and there are gun-eyes between the bamboos.In the use of the Daming Navy, it is usually to rush into the enemy's line and use it in conjunction with the sand boat.

However, when the Cambodian army imitated the Ming army ships, it might be a bit ill-considered, and even the guns were copied. In fact, they did not have a few guns available, and even if they had, they would not be used on such patrol imitation eagle ships. What's more, these eagle ships are still condensed versions, one size smaller than the eagle ships that existed as small ships in the Daming Navy.

Kung Ching Yang's defender Musali ignored this, not because he didn't know that these ships were not in use, but even if he did, it would be meaningless.The Phnom Penh Dynasty is a kingdom that guards the golden mountains and beggars. It is obviously sitting in a good place like the Mekong Delta, but it lacks almost everything except food.

The fact that shipbuilding is too difficult for them, even if it is not easy to copy the small warships of the Ming navy, these condensed versions of the eagle ships are certainly not enough to fight against the Ming navy in Siam, but if they are only reconnaissance ships , if you make do, you can still use one or two.

Now what Musali wants to know most is whether the Ming army will come by water or by land.

If you come by water, needless to say, you must go directly to the Tonle Sap Lake, enter the Tonle Sap River along the lake, and then reach Kampong Chhnyang downstream in less than a day.

This Tonle Sap Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. It is a thousand miles long and more than two hundred miles wide. Its status in Cambodia is even more important than that of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake in Daming.

However, since the Angkor Dynasty was defeated by Siam and fled to Phnom Penh and established the Phnom Penh Dynasty 150 years ago, the Tonle Sap Lake has basically fallen into the hands of the Siamese. The Cambodians can only stick to the east of the Tonle Sap Lake. Nanhukou is pounding and clear, struggling to survive.

As early as before the Angkor rebels were eliminated by Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin, there was a Siamese navy in the Tonle Sap Lake. One of the reasons for hope.

Because the Cambodian navy is completely unable to do anything, once the Lu division goes out from Kampong Chhnyang, no matter where it goes, as long as the Siamese army rides down the river in the navy warship, they can directly attack Kamph Chhnyang.

The strategic hub in the rear is about to be lost, so why fight on the front line?The Cambodians are not the Mongols of more than 200 years ago. They can travel thousands of miles without logistics. If they want to go to Siam, the first step is to keep Kampong Chhnang.

This is also the reason why Musali made that agreement with the Angkor rebels before—Musali had to make sure that the navy would not threaten Pound Ching Yang before he dared to consider sending troops to fight with the Angkor rebels.

Simply put, if Cambodia loses Kung Ching Yang, it will be more dangerous than Daming losing Xuanfu and Datong.

Today, Musali suddenly and nervously stepped up his defenses again because of the latest information.

The information from two days ago had just been delivered to him. It said that the Ming army at Angkor had changed from the relaxed state of affairs some time ago to a very sudden and intense mobilization. All the soldiers were asked to return to the barracks, and there were even three steps outside the barracks. With a post, it is impossible to get close to the investigation like some time ago.

At the same time, officials in the city were busy allocating grain and various military equipment. Several warehouses were temporarily counted, and even an official was arrested and beheaded on the spot - it is said that there was some mold in the warehouse he was in charge of. Meter.

In short, all the circumstances show that the Angkor Ming army is going to make a big move. They don't even bother to check the Cambodian spies in the city. All the civilians and military generals look like they are about to send troops urgently.Perhaps in their opinion, as long as the troops were dispatched fast enough, the spies would not be able to send the news back to Cambodia in time, especially Kampong Chhnyang.

Of course Musali was very nervous about this, and immediately mobilized and prepared for war.But then again, his nervousness is very different from Geeta I.

This difference is first of all the difference between rulers and ministers, but this need not be said much.The second difference is Musali's lineage - his surname is Mu.

This "wood" is not a transliteration, it is really a Chinese surname.

There are two sources of Han surnames in Cambodia, one is directly from "China", and the other is from Annan.But no matter what kind it is, it means that his family's ancestors are Han, or at least have Han blood.

Cambodia's name system is relatively complex. The local Khmer people are more popular to take their father's name as their surname, while people of Chinese descent, and even Khmer people whose ancestors and Han people have intermarried, most of their descendants follow the Han people's name principle and always follow their father's name. surname.

Musali's "Wood" is of this kind, and his name is one of the common names of Khmer people.

As a high-level general of the Phnom Penh Dynasty in Cambodia, he knows that Annan has changed a lot in recent years, especially Annan's "naturalization household registration system", which is the focus of his attention.

The patrilineal cultural traditions of the Han people may still have a great influence on him. He has always been proud of the Han blood in his body. After learning about Annan's "naturalized household registration system", he once said triumphantly to his cronies: "If the celestial dynasties are mixed together, Southern Xinjiang, I am a Han Chinese."

However, he is a minister of the Phnom Penh Dynasty. Even if the Celestial Dynasty wants to "mix into the southern border", he has no intention of directly raising his hand to surrender - and even if he wants to surrender, he must first demonstrate his ability and importance before surrendering. If a battle is not fought, it will be surrendered. Can the Celestial Dynasty pay attention to it?Therefore, he still attaches great importance to the defense of Pong Ching Yang.

After investigating for a long time, there is no news from the Tonle Sap Lake. Musali believes that the Angkor Ming army probably does not intend to come by water.

If you don't go by water and go by land, then there are two possibilities - either from the east of the Tonle Sap Lake, or from the west of the Tonle Sap Lake (Note: The Tonle Sap Lake is a bit like a slender gourd , the specific location of Angkor and Pang Ching Yang, interested friends can search a map to see, it is more intuitive.).

But Musali believes that although it would be closer to come from the east of the Tonle Sap Lake, the Ming army would not choose this way, because in that case, the Ming army would have to attack the Tonle Sap River before attacking Kampong Chingyang—— Crossing the river has always been synonymous with danger these days, in China, and of course in southern Xinjiang.

Then the biggest possibility of the Ming army is to detour from the west of Tonle Sap Lake, it is very likely that it will be repaired at Bodhisattva (this is a place name), and then go straight to Kampong Ching Yang.

Musali calculated the time. If this is the case, then the Ming army will arrive in Kampongqingyang at the earliest in the afternoon of tomorrow and three days later at the latest.

There was not much time left for him to prepare.

He has been in the army for generations and has been guarding Pangqingyang for seven years. At this moment, he is inexplicably invigorated: Famous in the world is here!
Don't seek to completely defeat the Ming army, as long as the Ming army that once defeated the King of Kim Lau Pak Elephant is kept outside the city of Kampong Chhnyang, Tham Sally is the No. 1 general in Cambodia!

If this war can end in a draw, when he returns to Phnom Penh in the future, His Majesty the King will definitely lead the civil and military officials to welcome him outside Phnom Penh.

Thinking about it is really heartwarming.

Unfortunately, good thoughts are always interrupted, and an official rushed over with a group of small officials, holding a golden scroll in his hand.

But Musali immediately came to his senses, it was not a scroll, because the official had already raised the "scroll" and said loudly, "There is an edict!"

Musali hurriedly got down from the top of the White Tiger Festival Hall, knelt down and bowed down, saying, "My minister Musali respectfully listens to the holy decree."

"The commander-in-chief Musali in the northwest of Kampong Ching Yang: Annan has betrayed his promise, and more than [-] Ming troops stationed in Zhancheng suddenly launched an offensive. Now they have captured Puliang and are heading towards Phnom Penh. It's near, your lord is very urgent, I have been loyal and good from generation to generation, why can't I just sit back and ignore it? Musali immediately led troops back to Phnom Penh to protect my side. Appreciate this."

After hearing this, Musali was already shocked, but then he was stunned and did not respond for a long time.

The official shouted anxiously: "General General! General Mu! Are you going to resist the decree?"

Only then did Musali wake up, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the edict, but he didn't thank him as usual, and he didn't even say a word. Come on, capture Brother Priyan in one fell swoop? Is this news true?"

The official he called the Bahrain Allie was sweating profusely, took a few breaths, and said with difficulty: "I don't know if it's true or not, in short, the holy envoy was so tired when he arrived at the pound, he couldn't even pass the edict. I couldn't hold on, I fainted when I saw it. But I guess the news is probably true, at least Priango must have been lost, otherwise His Majesty the King would not be so eager - look what this imperial decree is written like So, at first glance, it was written temporarily and sent directly..."

Musali hurriedly opened the imperial edict and glanced at it, and it really didn't make sense - not only was it scribbled, but there were even two places where the imperial brush had changed it into a black block of ink.Usually, this thing would not even be considered a draft, but now it has been used in such a grand manner and sent to him.

What a rush!
Musali sucked in a breath, rolled his eyes, and said hesitantly, "But in the Balin Thrones, my position is very important, and the Angkor Ming army may have already sent troops halfway at this time. If I lead the army back to Phnom Penh at this time, I'm just afraid..."

Balin Anlie sighed and said helplessly: "Who said it wasn't? But this is also a no-brainer. No matter how important the status of Pound Ching Yang is, can it be more important than Phnom Penh?"

Just as Musali was about to speak, Balin Anlie waved his hand to stop him, and added: "What's more, considering the size of the enemy's threat, there are not many enemies in front of Kung Ching Yang, because according to our previous investigations , the Angkor Ming army has only a total of more than [-] people. Even if you add the navy, the number will definitely not exceed [-].

And the Ming army that captured Priango was an army of 2!General Mu, you said, if you don't bring troops back to aid, can you withstand the thunderous blow of the [-] Ming army with less than [-] people in Phnom Penh? "

Mu Sally thought to himself: If it is really 15 Ming troops, then of course the "Thunderbolt Strike" cannot stop it - Jinlou White Elephant King's [-] troops did not stop the less than [-] Ming troops from Southern Xinjiang Hua Mulan What about the army, let alone us?But the problem is, if the [-] Ming troops really went to Phnom Penh, how much difference would it make if I return the aid or not?

He said with a sad face: "Although the troops in the northwest area are still abundant, there are only less than [-] troops in the city of Pongqingyang. Apart from the necessary troops left to defend the city, even if I am willing to immediately lead the troops to King Qin, this strength I'm afraid it's far from enough to protect Your Majesty under fifty thousand Ming troops."

"That can't be saved." Balin Anlie shook his head and said: "The edict is a bit bad, but the edict is an edict, and the Qin King can't help but go. It's just... how many troops to lead, I'm afraid we still need to discuss. "

Musali suddenly felt something, and asked calmly, "What do you mean by the Governor?"

"I thought General Mu was right. The status of Pangqing Yang is important, and it is the gateway to Phnom Penh. Even if there are policemen in the southeast of Phnom Penh, they cannot give up Pang Qing Yang. The army cannot go to Phnom Penh to join the Southeast Ming army and besiege Phnom Penh. Therefore, I think that Pangqingyang still needs to have a heavy army."

Musali narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile, "So, how much of my troops will I lead back to Phnom Penh?"

Balin Anlie said: "I think, five... er, ten thousand." After he finished speaking, he quickly explained: "General Mu is the pillar of our army, as long as you lead troops back to Phnom Penh, the Phnom Penh defenders will inevitably be The morale will be greatly boosted, and the Ming army will be conquered under the country's gate with one equal to ten! At that time, the general will defeat the strong enemy with a weak force, and naturally he will be the leading official and good general of my dynasty.

Musali laughed: "Then, the Governor-General will use the [-]-[-]-strong army in the northwest as a basis to make a contribution to the Ming Dynasty, to gain a high-ranking official and even a hereditary replacement, right?"

Balin Anlie was shocked, and even took two steps back subconsciously, pointing at Musali in shock and anger: "General Mu, what nonsense are you talking about? Am I, Balin Anlie, that kind of unfaithful and unrighteous person!"

Musali narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at Balin Anlie. Shi Shiran said, "Is this... I thought it wasn't right at first, but now it doesn't seem to be the case."

Balin Anlie's eyes rolled, and his face became more angry: "Musali, I think you want to take this opportunity to kill me, and then commit the crime you just wanted to do to me, right? Don't forget, even though you are General of the Northwest, but the defenders in this inner city are all my own soldiers, and yours are limited to 500 people in this general's mansion. Mu Sally, if I have any troubles, I won't let you down in less than an hour , Your general’s mansion will end like a chicken and a dog!”
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PS: This chapter is a normal update.Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be double updates, and one more chapter is a thank you to the leader of the alliance for "riding alone and taking pictures of Bixin".

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