The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

"Did they discover our ambush?"

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible."

Lan Yu frowned deeply, feeling extremely puzzled in her heart.

After setting up an ambush on Banpo, Lan Yu waited for the opponent's army to come.

If you want to lure the opponent's elite into the encirclement, you will naturally need enough bait.

Kindness does not hold soldiers.

There is no death in war.

Sapphire organized a team of 3000 people to carry out a surprise attack on the enemy.

The elite army on Basong's side naturally stayed in the atrium, and Sapphire fought first, only the vulnerable local troops.

Although Southeast Asia is rich in food and products, these local troops are all thin monkeys, and the swords in their hands are stained with rust. Most of them don't mention leather armor, and even their clothes are tattered, just like beggars.

In fact, no matter where the beggar army is, it is a very common situation, including when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, most of his subordinates were such beggar troops.

Even Genghis Khan's army is in the same situation.

It is the mainstream of today's era that the majority support the minority.

Sapphire's vanguard rushed into the local army, cutting melons and vegetables, massacring them one by one.

In terms of physical strength and equipment, this is not a level of battle.

No matter how powerful a dozen half-grown children are, how could they beat a mature man with a weapon.

The local army didn't dare to run away, and the king's capital elite suppressed behind them, but anyone who retreated without hearing the order, beheaded!
Even so, the team of 3000 people was like a sharp sword, opening a gap from the local army.

But that's all, and it's impossible to attack the elite of the capital later, that's tantamount to courting death.

"retreat!"

Seeing that the elite of the capital began to rush towards this side, the vanguard immediately retreated.

This is the beginning of the danger. Once the vanguard army is bitten by the elite of the capital, it will cause huge casualties, and their task is to lead the elite army of the capital to the range of the artillery as much as possible.

If there are no accidents, this kind of ambush is still very effective.

It is impossible for Sapphire to claim victory, as long as it causes heavy casualties to the opponent.

Even if dozens of artillery pieces may be lost as a result.

The key to the power of a cannon lies in the strength of the gunpowder. The cannon alone cannot reach the range of the Ming cannon.

An accident happened.

When the vanguard army was retreating, the elite army of the king's capital had no intention of pursuing them at all, and instead stopped the army for rectification.

The general leading the opponent's army was not Basong.

However, after the meeting a few days ago, the generals of the Ayutthaya Dynasty did not want their soldiers to fight Daming to the death.

If you win a war without credit, you still have to hit a hammer.

Every general in the Ayutthaya Dynasty is equivalent to a family, and many of the soldiers under his command are his own clansmen.

If you really want to fight the Ming army, not to mention weakening your own power, you won't get any benefits.

The generals are not fools, of course, let others do such a thing.

Therefore, chasing is absolutely impossible.

This situation made Lanyu very distressed.

Because as the opponent's royal capital's elite army progressed, it had gradually begun to enter the ambush circle.

However, the opponent's first marching army cannot naturally be an elite army, but those local troops who are like beggars.

Sapphire felt it was a wasteful act to bombard these beggar army with artillery.

After all, artillery is not cheap. Counting the local army killed by the artillery, it is not worth as much as the gunpowder.

The elite army of the royal capital didn't care about the casualties of the local army at all.

"It's an honor for these despicable bastards to die here. Do we want our elite Royal Capital Army to confront them head-on?"

"These Ming troops are really powerful. They are really just missions. Aren't they the most elite Ming troops?"

"Although the combat effectiveness of these bastards is low, this is too exaggerated. Even if my soldiers go up, they will have to pay several times the casualties to keep these Ming troops."

Westin watched the death of the local army blockbuster without any emotional fluctuations at all.

He is the general of the kingdom, a noble nobleman, how could he risk his life.

On the contrary, he had a very intuitive understanding of the strength of the Ming army, and his tone was full of admiration.

He often buys Daming's capital mansion newspaper, which is also the habit of many nobles nowadays. Almost all nobles are unavoidably envious of Daming's wealth and prosperity.

As for the military strength disclosed by Daming in the residence newspaper, most nobles still expressed doubts.

Mainly it feels too exaggerated and unreal.

Only now, Westin feels that the news in the mansion newspaper is true.

"His grandma's Xiong, if any mission came out, he would have the power to destroy the country. Damn it, how could Daming be so powerful?"

Westin suddenly realized that this is a very dangerous thing.

Will their pursuit of Da Ming suffer from Da Ming's revenge?

This is already the case with more than 1 people. If there are tens of thousands more, the Ayutthaya dynasty will be wiped out.

Westin made up his mind, no matter how the Ming army rushed, as long as it didn't directly hit him, he would resolutely not fight back.

Just let those bastards die.

the other side.

Sapphire noticed something unusual.

"Our soldiers have already arrived in front of the elite on the other side, but the other side didn't move at all, but put on a defensive posture."

"The scouts reported that the opponent has a lot of firecrackers and cannons in their hands. According to their attitude towards the local army, if you really want to fight back, you will most likely fire directly. This is obviously abnormal."

Sapphire's words made many Hou Ye understand.

This time, those who followed Lan Yu were all high-level executives of the Huaixi Generals Group.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that such a thing would happen to them during a simple trip to Chenla.

Everyone crawled out of the corpse, and they were not at all unfamiliar with war.

If it was replaced by other guards, or ordinary missions, when they were attacked on the coast, they would have been wiped out by the missions.

Zhang Yi, Marquis of Heqing, Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, Zhu Shou, Marquis of Chaga, and Xie Cheng, Marquis of Yongping.

This is a luxurious lineup of five princes.

If any Hou Ye was killed here, it would be a huge event.

The court will inevitably send a large army to destroy the Ayutthaya dynasty.

Even now, the Ayutthaya Dynasty has to compensate enough losses. If Daming is not satisfied, then it will end in the same way.

As a vassal state, this is a serious crime committed by the following.

Of course, there are many such things in history.

It mainly depends on the situation of the Central Plains Dynasty.

But the current Ming Dynasty is obviously extremely powerful in deterring other countries, and it also has powerful expeditionary capabilities.

That is to say, the current Ayutthaya dynasty happened to be in a strong and prosperous period. If other countries were under the conquest of Sapphire, they might have already fought to defend the king's capital.

"General, the opponent obviously doesn't want to fight us now. It seems that our ambush is useless."

"Perhaps we can retreat now."

Puding Hou Chen Huan said.

He didn't want to spend any more time in this rainforest. He was old, and he was infected with miasma a few days ago. He almost died. Fortunately, the doctors accompanying the army were highly skilled and rescued him abruptly.

Otherwise, it is already buried in a foreign land.

Except for Sapphire, the other Marquis are also miserable. Everyone is getting older, and they are no longer in the same physical condition as they were back then.

"Yeah, this jungle is really not a place for people to stay."

"It is obviously impossible to take down the opponent, and it is meaningless to spend too much time. We are not prepared enough this time. After all, it is only a mission. We should report to His Majesty and send a large army to suppress it, so that they will know how powerful it is."

"That is to say, I didn't expect these foreign races to dare to attack us. If there are tens of thousands of soldiers, I must push their capital."

Several Hou Ye said one after another.

Sapphire took a look at them and knew that the fight could not go on.

"Okay, let's retreat. They don't dare to really fight us with their appearance. Those artillery can't be cheap. Tell the brothers to take them away."

This decision was supported by several Marquis.

Anyway, the opponent didn't dare to really fight.

The news that the Ming army was gradually retreating quickly spread to the elite army of the capital.

"Your Excellency, General, it seems that the Ming army has already sensed our intentions." Westin reported.

Ba Song nodded: "These Ming troops are very strong and have a strong will to fight. Such an army is definitely a soldier who can fight a hundred battles."

"The founding of the Ming Dynasty was only more than 30 years ago. Many of their soldiers have experienced wars in troubled times. It is not surprising that such a situation exists."

"The other party only has more than 1 people. At this time, he dared to set up an ambush against us. Obviously, the Duke of Ming Liang is not in vain."

After several times of probing, if Ba Song still can't guess that the other party is in an ambush, the battle of most of his life will be in vain.

At the same time, I was also a little scared.

If it weren't for them, they didn't have the intention of going to war at all, and this ambush would definitely cause a lot of casualties to the elite army of the capital.

And the opponent's military quality was also revealed when fighting the local army.

Five or six thousand local troops were killed, but not a single corpse was left behind. Such a battle loss ratio is simply exaggerated.

But this has a lot to do with the opponent's excellent leather armor.

Ordinary bows and arrows almost pierced through the leather armor on the opposite side. Even if they were injured, the opponent's soldiers could quickly cover them.

How can the skinny peasant army be an opponent of a strong soldier in a direct battle.

In terms of size, the Ming army is one head taller on average than the peasant army.

In the absence of the elites of the capital, these peasant troops would be delivering food no matter what.

Can hurt the other party, that is the blessing of the Lord Buddha.

Sapphire knew that the other party was afraid to fight, so he pulled the cannon slowly.

Thousands of people lined up, and the peasant army on the opposite side did not dare to step forward.

Just a few hundred meters away, I watched the Ming army leave slowly.

Basong's troops are like bodyguards. When the opponent walks a few steps, they will follow the Ming army.

However, what both sides know is that.

On the adjacent waters, a fleet of hundreds of ships has already arrived in the waters of Chenla.

This is the Fujian navy that Zhu Ying ordered to come to support Lan Yu before.

"Quick, look, that's my Daming Marine."

The fleet brought over by Lan Yu soon discovered the existence of the Fujian Navy and immediately shouted with joy.

They have been docked at the seaside port of Chenla.

During the nearly two months, Chenla was naturally responsible for the supply.

After knowing that the Duke of Mingliang had repelled the [-] attacking army of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the king of Chenla, Shenlie Popiya, was naturally very grateful.

Especially after knowing that Sapphire directly retaliated against the Ayutthaya Dynasty, tens of thousands of troops were integrated to cooperate with Sapphire.

It's just that Chenla is really too decadent, and their combat effectiveness is very different from that of the regular army of the Ayutthaya Dynasty.

If you run into the opponent's king's elite, it's not even on the same level.

Not only the individual quality of the soldiers, but also the difference in morale, the difference between the generals is even greater.

It also acts as a flag-waving cry.

Historically, the Ayutthaya Dynasty easily broke through the royal capital of Chenla, and then forced Chenla to move the capital, and directly destroyed Chenla in just a few years.

The rule of the Khmer Empire really ended in history.

Even if Daming intervenes, the current Zhenla is just lingering.

That is to say, Zhu Ying wanted to leave Chenla to his son, and at the same time, he wanted to use the entire Southeast Asian region as the granary of Ming Dynasty and intervene in the wars of various countries.

Preserving Chenla has more benefits for Ming Dynasty, otherwise it would be impossible for Shenla Popiya to even have a chance to reform.

Daming Palace.

Huang Guan sat in support of the supervision of the armored ship and was reporting the progress to Zhu Ying.

"According to His Highness's decree, the shipyard is currently operating in three shifts, and the speed of shipbuilding is extremely fast, and it is gradually drawing to a close."

"Seventy percent of the hull armor has been completed. By the end of this month, it can be completely completed. The rest is waiting for the steam engine to be installed."

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the iron-clad ship, especially the production of the propeller.

While building the hull, the carpenter has simultaneously produced an equivalent model.

The size of the model is about the same as that of a calf, except that there is no steam engine, everything else is restored according to the proportion of a neat iron-clad ship.

I have to say that Daming's carpenters are really good at skillful hands.

Zhu Ying also took the time to look at the wooden model, but found no problems for the time being.

There is a real problem with steam ironclad ships, and there is a high probability that they will also appear on steam engines.

After all, after so many years of technical inheritance, in terms of ships, Daming's shipbuilding technology has reached the pinnacle of sailing ships.

In order to ensure the progress of the ironclad ship, both the scientific research department and the shipyard began to work overtime on a large scale.

There is still nearly a month to go before the three-month period set by Zhu Ying. It seems that the progress can be completed ahead of schedule.

Although Taisun did not say that there would be any punishment for failure to complete, no one dared to delay the construction period.

Zhu Ying was also very happy to hear that it could be completed in only half a month.

"If everything goes well on the steam ironclad ship this time, you, Huang Aiqing, will be the first to do it."

Zhu Ying also sighed a little.

If Huang Guan didn't make a sudden move to complete the steam engine, I don't know how long it would take.

Rubber can make the steam engine work better, but it is not necessary.

After all, for the use of rubber, it took several generations of steam engines to appear in later generations.

"It's all His Highness's guidance, and I dare not take credit for it." Huang Guan bowed and said.

He is naturally very concerned about the steam iron-clad ship now. In addition to the expectations of His Royal Highness, Huang Guan knows how much impact the steam iron-clad ship will have on the world when it is manufactured.

Even in the absence of wind, the steam ironclad ship can sail the sea with ease, and the armored body can resist most ocean dangers.

In terms of speed, there is absolutely no ship in the world that can match it.

On the sea, if an enemy ship encounters a steam iron-clad ship, it will be impossible to fight or run away.