Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 589
...

Wang Lun is now in his forties.

In Wang Lun's mind, he might spend the rest of his life in Taiwan County. Wang Lun even found his own tomb.

but--

However, Li Yan transferred him to Hainan County with a transfer order.

Hainan County has just been hit by a rare typhoon, and Li Yan has personally gone to condolences to the affected people.

Before going out, Li Yan sent Li Zhu and Chen Kuutong to pick up Wang Lun.

After Li Zhu and Chen Kuutong received Wang Lun, Wang Lun insisted on seeing Hainan County, so the three of them walked and chatted.

Wang Lun looked at this emerging city and said, "You two, do you know why your majesty called Wang Lun here?"

Li Zhu said: "If someone else asks, we must not know, but if the Taifu asks, how dare we not tell?"

Over the years, Wang Lun has worked hard and made great achievements. He successively governed Jeju County and Taiwan County for Li Yan and Shuibo Liangshan. The former is now the first pasture and trading place of Shuibo Liangshan. [-]% of the total output, Li Yan said: "If there is no Wang Lun, how dare I swallow the eight counties of Kyushu?"

When Li Yan ascended the throne as the king of Liaodong, Wang Lun was granted the title of Taifu, one of the three princes, to honor his achievements.

Chen Kuutong also said: "That's right, the Tai Tuo is the person who has been with you the longest, and the person you trust the most. This matter is not a top secret, and there is no reason why you can't tell the Tai Tu."

Wang Lun recalled the little things he had with Li Yan in the past, and secretly said: "I have been with you the longest, and I deserve it. You are the most trustworthy, maybe maybe not, but it doesn't matter, I will use this life to prove my loyalty."

Li Zhu continued: "Now, Your Majesty is facing an important decision, and that is whether to occupy the Indochina Peninsula."

Chen Kuupong said: "In the Central Plains area, Song and Jin have already started a war. This is the best time to seize the Central Plains. Therefore, we should raise our troops in Shuibo Liangshan and wait for the chance to win the Central Plains." The barrel went on to say: "But after we got here, we realized that now is also a good time to seize the Indochina Peninsula. Although the people here are tough, the weapons and tactics are extremely backward. Our Liangshan Army has already competed with the Indochina Peninsula's first The strong Khmer army fought once, and that time our Liangshan army almost won without a fight. Therefore, if we send a large army over, it will not take much, only [-], and we should be able to pacify the Indochina Peninsula. Your Majesty said, this is a maritime trade If we seize the important place that cannot be crossed, our Shuibo Liangshan will surely prosper."

Li Zhu took over the topic and said: "However, you have two concerns. The first one is whether you can go down to Indochina Peninsula in one battle. You don't want Liangshan's army to be caught in the war in Indochina Peninsula, because in this way, you will have nothing to do." The law has entered the Central Plains, and the second is that it is easy to take down here, but how to govern it is difficult, it is too far away from Seoul, and there are many countries and ethnic groups, it is very difficult to govern."

Hearing this, Wang Lun's eyes lit up, and he said, "Your Majesty, you want Wang Lun to manage this place?"

Li Zhu and Chen Kuutong smiled at the same time, and said: "Your Majesty seems to have this intention, but the premise is that Your Majesty is willing to fight here, and can do so smoothly."

Wang Lun thought for a while, and said, "Could you both tell me about the situation in the Indochina Peninsula?"

Li Zhudao: "The strongest country in the Indo-China Peninsula is the Khmer country. Its national strength is comparable to that of our Liangshan River, but its combat capabilities are backward. Its strongest war elephant is unbearable in front of our Liangshan Army's flying thunder cannons." one strike."

Chen Kuutong said: "On the left side of the Khmer Kingdom are the Li Dynasty and the Champa Kingdom. The Li Dynasty has been destroyed by our Shuibo Liangshan, and now it has become our Annan County of Shuibo Liangshan. The Champa Kingdom has now and The Khmer countries join forces, and the troops of the two countries are on the border with Annan County."

Li Zhudao: "On the left side of the Khmer Kingdom are more than a dozen small countries established by the Mons and Thais, the two largest of which are the Rapati Kingdom and the Queen's Kingdom, and further to the left is Bagan, which itself is also It’s not a small country, but the king of Bagan, luxurious feasts, building temples, and wasting money, so that Bagan has now declined, and its national power is far from comparable to that of Khmer, even the kingdom of Rapati and the queen Nothing compares."

Chen Kuutong said: "The top of the Khmer Kingdom is the Dali Kingdom, which is a vassal state of the Song Kingdom, and the Khmer Kingdom is across the sea from the Three Buddhas..."

Under the introduction of Li Zhu and Chen Kuutong, Wang Lun had some preliminary understanding of the situation in the Indochina Peninsula.

However, Wang Lun was not satisfied with this. He wanted to know more about this place, and wanted this place to be the greatest achievement in his life, so that his name would go down in history.

Li Zhu and Chen Kuutong supported the capture of Indochina Peninsula, and whether Li Yan took Indochina Peninsula would largely depend on Wang Lun's attitude. Therefore, the two not only personally introduced the situation in Indochina Peninsula to Wang Lun, but also gave Wang Lun Lun introduced many Mon people, Thai people, Khmer people, Cham people and Song people who are familiar with these countries.

This huge typhoon gave Hainan County, a newly emerging county, a blow. It made the people who moved from the Central Plains and Japan finally understand why the conditions here are difficult, and let them get to know this place again.

Li Yan walked around and issued a series of disaster relief policies. After returning, he ordered people to transport 300 million shi of grain from Taiwan County to ensure the needs of Hainan County.

Nowhere can be free from disasters and difficulties. Although typhoons are terrible, human beings will be able to adapt to and overcome them.

At that time, the people here will find that this is a good place, as evidenced by countless people who come here for vacation in later generations.

After the disaster relief work came to an end, Li Yan called Wang Lun who had been in Hainan County for six or seven days.

Wang Lun gave Li Yan an excerpt, and then said: "I think that if God does not take it, he will be blamed instead. Now that the southeast peninsula is within easy reach, your majesty should follow God's will and accept it as your territory."

Li Yan looked at the memorial Wang Lun handed over, and said, "Have you ever thought that once our Liangshan army is caught in the war on the Indochina Peninsula, I will be powerless to compete in the Central Plains?"

Wang Lun said: "If Your Majesty believes in Wang Lun, please destroy the Khmer Kingdom and send two regular troops to Wang Lun. Within ten years, Wang Lun will return you to a complete Indochina Peninsula."

Li Yan looked up at Wang Lun and asked, "Are you sure?"

Wang Lun met Li Yan's gaze and said, "Please trust Wang Lun once, Your Majesty."

More than ten days later, Li Yan appointed Wang Lun as the Xuanfu envoy, Hu Yanqing and Han Shizhong as the capital commanders, and attacked Angkor Thom, the capital of the Khmer Kingdom, from the water.

Hu Yanqing and Han Shizhong led an army of [-] troops, bypassed the country of Champa, walked up the Mekong River, and reached the largest lake in Southeast Asia, namely Tonle Sap Lake, and then went straight from Tonle Sap Lake along a small river To Angkor Thom.

The Khmer had never encountered anyone directly attacking Angkor City from the water before, so they were unprepared for this.

As a result, Angkor Thom was easily breached by Hu Yanqing and Han Shizhong, and the Khmer elite was taken over by Hu Yanqing and Han Shizhong.

On the other hand, after Yue Fei learned of this, he decisively launched a general attack on the Khmer and Champa coalition forces on the border.

The two sides fought a decisive battle at Hengshan Pass.

Originally, this should be a close battle.

Taking a step back, even if the coalition forces were not Yue Fei's opponent, they would not be defeated in one battle.

However, the Khmer army learned that Angkor Thom had been captured by the Liangshan army just before the start of the war, and all the nobles of the Khmer kingdom from Suryavarman II and below were captured by Shuibo Liangshan, leaving the Champa army behind and returning to the country, wanting to rescue them. Angkor Thom.

As a result, the Champa army was defeated by Yue Fei, and Yue Fei took advantage of the situation and led the army to capture Indrapura, the capital of the Champa Kingdom.

Champa died.

……

(End of this chapter)