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- Before Yang Yi's fleet was replenished, major news came from Srivijaya on the opposite side. King Zhanbei had died of illness.
Zhanbei had three sons, the eldest son Pu Tuo, the second son Pu Luo, and the third son Pu Ying.
King Srivijaya has a hundred-treasure gold crown, which is very heavy. He only wears it every time during the great court meetings. This hundred-treasure gold crown is also a symbol of the power of Srivijaya. When the Zen is passed on, all the princes are gathered together and witnessed by hundreds of officials. , and awarded the princes with a hundred-treasure golden crown. The prince who can bear the weight of the hundred-treasure golden crown will pass on the throne to him.
This time was no exception. When his death was approaching, Zhanbei summoned his three sons, Pu Tuo, Pu Luo and Pu Ying, to the hospital bed. He first asked his eldest son Pu Tuo to try on the Hundred Treasures Golden Crown. As a result, Pu Tuo could not bear the weight of the Hundred Treasures Golden Crown.
Then it was the turn of the second son Pu Luo, who also couldn't bear it.
In the end, the third son Puying, who was in his prime, held on, and just like that, the throne of Srivijaya was passed to the third son Puying.
Pu Ying was the youngest and had to pass on the throne, so he was inevitably worried that his two older brothers would be dissatisfied. According to the news from Bolin State, after Pu Ying ascended the throne, he immediately ordered his countrymen to cut off their hair and dress up, and held a national funeral. At the same time, he left his two elder brothers behind. Bo Lin State was in mourning;
At the same time, people were sent to report the funeral to the Song Dynasty and request for canonization from the Song Dynasty.
?????????????? Another thing is to order people to cast a gold statue, because there is a custom in the Three Buddhas Qi. Whenever a king is established, a gold statue is cast to replace his body and enshrined on the Gold and Silver Mountain.
Pu Ying can be said to be very busy. Srivijaya covers a large area, including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra Island, and part of Kalimantan Island, with fifteen states in total.
Pu Ying¡¯s eldest brother Pu Tuo¡¯s fiefdom is in the Malay Peninsula, and the second brother Pu Luo¡¯s fiefdom is in Kalimantan. If the two brothers want to become independent. There was nothing he could do to stop it.
Because in the past two years, Mataram on the island of Java. The three countries of Taruna and Kediri united to fight Srivijaya, and the weapons of the three countries became more and more sophisticated. Victory after victory, Srivijaya originally occupied a state at the western end of Java Island, but now it has been lost;
The three-nation coalition forces in Matalan have counterattacked on Sumatra, and naval battles between the two sides have continued. At this time, if the two brothers on the Malay Peninsula and Kalimantan separated their families because they were dissatisfied that the throne fell to his younger brother, , how can he stop it?
Therefore, he could only force his two brothers to stay in Bolin State, which was likely to be under house arrest.
In the Singapore branch of the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company. Yang Yi, Letao, Shi Ran, Meng Yunshan and other military palaces above the battalion level were also present.
Le Tao and Shi Ran were the brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders. Apart from Yang Yi, they were regarded as the top commanders of the three thousand troops on this expedition.
Le Tao spoke first: "Captain, the situation in Srivijaya is unstable and it is the best time for us to intervene. Please give the captain an order."
Yang Yi shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. The turbulent situation in Srivijaya actually does more harm than good to us. A politically stable and well-educated Srivijaya, we can control it as long as we control Bolin State and Puying. The whole of Srivijaya;
?????????????????????????? But if the Sri Buddha is torn into pieces. We have ordered several gates, but we don't have many troops, so it's impossible to attack everywhere. On the contrary, it is troublesome. And a Srivijaya where wars are everywhere and people are in dire straits is not conducive to us selling products. There's not much benefit to be extracted, therefore. Not only must we not cause chaos to Srivijaya now, on the contrary, we must try our best to ensure that no chaos occurs in Srivijaya. "
Shi Ran said: "Then we have to wait for Pu Ying to control the situation of Srivijaya before taking action?"
"On the contrary, I suspect that Pu Ying has no ability to control the situation at all, so we must help him control it as soon as possible. We cannot wait now. We must seize control of Bolin State with lightning speed and conquer Pu Ying, Pu Tuo, Pu Luo Yi is under control. This is the so-called coercion of the emperor to command the princes. If anyone in the local area dares to cause trouble, we will send troops to conquer in the name of Pu Ying. This will be much easier to handle."
"The captain is right."
"Send the order and ask everyone to speed up the supply. We will attack Bolin State immediately."
"Here." Officers at all levels stood up, saluted, and left in a hurry.
This time, there were 3,000 Yang family troops and 800 servant troops coming south. There are also six gunboats, equipped with a total of 30 artillery pieces and 500 flintlock muskets. This is all Yang Yi has collected recently. These weapons are based on the drawings and data of the Song Dynasty Military Quality Supervision, making people It was cast at the Kagoshima Shipyard. The scale there was not comparable to that of the Song Dynasty Ordnance Inspection, and in order to maintain quality, the output was limited, so it could only be equipped slowly.
At present, these weapons will not be used in Nanyang except as a last resort to prevent the news from spreading back to the Song Dynasty. Like those gunboats, they never docked. Even the eldest princess of Qin and others who were traveling with them did not know that there were gunboats in the fleet.
This time the troops are sent to Bolin State, Yang Yi will naturally leave the eldest princess of Qin State, Qing Niang, and Adela in XingjiaPoe, it took him a lot of effort to finally convince the three women to stay temporarily.
The maritime giant is also temporarily parked in Singapore Port. The flagship is still a pure merchant ship and is not suitable for combat.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????] It is now a veritable battleship.
Yang Yi used a large ship with two thousand materials as his flagship, and led a total of five ships with two thousand materials and twenty-nine ships with one thousand materials, setting sail from Singapore and heading east along the route north of Sumatra Island.
Judging from the information obtained by Yang Yi, the people of Sanfoqi are mostly accustomed to water and land warfare. The king has conquests, dispatches them at any time, appoints chiefs to lead them, and prepares their own weapons and food. This is quite similar to the Tang Dynasty's military system. There were frequent wars in Foqi. Although the country was gradually weakening, its soldiers dared to fight and outperformed the surrounding countries.
The country does not mint coins, and mainly trades gold, silver, silk and silk. The copper coins of the Song Dynasty can also be used in Srivijaya. The country has its own Tibetan script, but Srivijaya officials are also familiar with Chinese scripts, and they use Chinese scripts when presenting to the Central Plains.
Moreover, Yang Yi also found out that there is an iron rope blocking the mouth of the Mosi River in the Bangga Strait. It is mainly used to guard against pirates and enemy warships. There are soldiers guarding both sides of the strait. When merchant ships come, loosen the iron rope to let them in. If the merchant ship passes by, If they don't get in, they will go out to join the battle, either capture and kill them, or confiscate the goods.
The capital of Srivijaya is located on the bank of the middle reaches of the Mosi River. Now the mouth of the river is blocked by iron cables, which is quite disadvantageous to Yang Yi. This time he planned to go upstream from the Mosi River and quickly control his capital, Bolin State. If they were blocked at the mouth of the Mosi River, things would probably become complicated.
After the fleet passed the Linga Islands. Begin to turn the rudder to the south and head towards the Bangga Strait.
Yang Yi once again summoned officials above the battalion level to discuss countermeasures. Letao first suggested: "Captain, judging from what we know so far, there are many islands, rocks and shoals in the Bangka Strait. It is too dangerous for the fleet to enter at night; the guards will stop them. There were only about a hundred Srivijaya troops at both ends of the river. The general thought that a small team could be sent to conduct a night attack to first seize control of the iron rope at the mouth of the Mosi River. When the sky was dim, the fleet would then enter the Mosi River to ensure safety. .¡±
Shi Ran thought for a while and agreed with Le Tao's strategy. Yang Yi also thought it was feasible, so he said to Meng Yunshan: "Commander Meng, you will lead a hundred people in a small boat to launch a night attack. Our fleet is huge. , it is difficult to conceal our whereabouts, Srivijaya will definitely know in advance. It is just that it is difficult for them to determine our purpose at the moment, but I think they will always make some preparations in advance. You should also be mentally prepared when you lead a night attack, and consider the tactics Be more thoughtful. If our purpose is exposed but we fail to seize control of the iron chain, then don't blame our military law enforcement."
Meng Yunshan stood up and stood at attention, snapping a military salute. Hong Sheng replied: "Captain, don't worry. If you cannot complete the mission satisfactorily, I will be punished by military law."
"Well, let's get ready."
"Here!"
Yang Yi ordered to control the speed as much as possible. So that the fleet arrived at Bangga Strait just before nightfall. The big ship anchored at sea and waited for a while, while Meng Yunshan led a hundred men and horses in a small boat and sailed towards the mouth of the Mosi River.
Although the wind at sea is not strong, due to the influence of the tide, the waves in the Bangka Strait are one or two feet high at this time. Such waves have little impact on the big ship, but they have a great impact on the small boat they were riding in Mengyunshan;
Fortunately, Meng Yunshan and others had practiced naval warfare in Kagoshima, so such waves would not stump them. Several small boats, rowed together by everyone, quickly sailed towards the mouth of the Mosi River in the night.
Both sides of the Mosi River are mostly plains and swamps, with dense forests and few mountains. The iron cables blocking the river are just two hills. Mengyun Mountain divides a hundred people and horses into two, one facing each other on both sides of the river bank. The mountains are close to each other.
The army of this era is basically not used to fighting at night, but for the Yang Jiajun, night fighting is one of the main training subjects. Meng Yunshan and others easily climbed up the hill. There were several barracks built on the side of the hill facing the river. There was a sentry tower in front of the courtyard with wind lanterns on it. The two police sentries were talking to each other wordlessly.
In order to ensure that nothing was wrong, Meng Yunshan asked his ten men with the best archery skills to prepare. As soon as he made the gesture to order the arrows to be released, the ten arrows were fired in unison, with only a few puffs, and the two police sentries on the sentry tower Each person was given five arrows and almost turned into hedgehogs.
Once the police post is solved, the rest will be much easier to handle. According to the requirements of previous training, three people formed a group, with archers, swordsmen, and grenadiers, and they moved towards the barracks in coordination with each other. Their movements were quick and agile, and they landed silently, like ghosts in the night.
Each group of people has its own division of labor. Some are guarding the window, some are preparing to break down the door, and some are responsible for blocking. It is not because there is no response in the room.?Not at all careless.
Meng Yunshan pushed it gently and found that the door was not closed, but only ajar. This was probably because the pirates nearby had not yet matured and had not attacked here before, so the defenders were so lax.
There was thunderous snoring in the room, and the knives of Meng Yunshan and others were painted black, without any reflection in the night. When they entered the room one by one, the defenders lying in two rows inside were not aware of it.
Meng Yunshan made a gesture and asked his men to touch it one by one. He covered the mouth and nose of the sleeping defender with one hand, and at the same time touched the neck with the dagger of the other hand. Half of the defenders were dispatched silently.
There was still half of it left, but the remaining people were awakened by the struggle of an enemy soldier before his death.
Meng Yunshan and other people responsible for wiping the necks immediately withdrew as agreed, and the archers on the outside who had been prepared immediately fired arrows, shooting at the defenders who had just climbed up.
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