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The Illegitimate Son of the Song Dynasty Volume 4 Chapter 785 The troops are approaching the city

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    At the mouth of the Cauvery River, there are many wooden piles standing in the shallow sea. The wooden piles are five or six feet high above the sea. A two-foot-long horizontal rod is stuck in the middle of the wooden piles. There is also a diagonal rod supporting the outside and lower part of the horizontal rod, forming a  triangle;

    Fishermen on the beach sit on the horizontal poles of these wooden piles to fish every day. They have been accustomed to this fishing method for generations. This is because ordinary people cannot afford boats, and the beaches in this area are extremely gentle and washed repeatedly by the waves.  Unable to fish;

    So they can only lay such wooden piles in the sea, swim over every morning and sit on the wooden piles to fish. From a distance, it doesn¡¯t look like a sight.

    Luo Chaer and Barry, father and son, came early today and swam to their wooden pile in one breath. Both father and son only wore short skirts and had their dark upper bodies bare. They had excellent water skills since they had lived by the sea since childhood.  , the scarf wrapped around the head was not wet at all.

    Barry was only twelve years old. His butt hurt after sitting on the wooden stake for a while, and his body twisted from time to time.  Thinking of the fleet I saw yesterday, I couldn't help but said with longing, "It would be great if our family also had a boat."

    ¡°Let¡¯s wait until you catch more fish and think about it in ten years.¡± Luo Cha¡¯er responded to her son casually, staring closely at the floats on the sea.

    "Father, is General Jaffna going to attack Sinhala? Father, if you want to join the army, follow General Jaffna to fight. General Jaffna always wins the battle and makes great contributions with him. The king will  I will reward you with a lot of money, and then I will come back and buy a boat.¡±

    Luo Chaer glanced at his son, who had small arms and legs. He was about to scold him when he suddenly heard the faint thunder coming from the sea. Luo Chaer couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.  Looking at the sea and sky, the wind is clear and the clouds are light, and the sea is blue. It doesn't look like it's going to rain.

    "Ah, it's General Jaffna who's back!" Barry stood on the crossbar like a monkey and looked out.  Seeing twenty or thirty sails appearing on the horizon, and seeing so many ships, Barry thought that it could be no other than General Jaffna's warship.

    Barry¡¯s guess was correct, it was indeed Jaffna.  But the muffled thunder became increasingly clear, as if it had been chasing the Jaffna fleet. What was going on?

    "Father, look, it's General Jaffna's warship. Why are the sails on it so tattered?"

    Can it not be bad?  The gunboats commanded by Shi Ran were chasing after them and bombarding Hunxing Tianxia.  The iron beads were like hailstones, and among the thirty or forty warships that could escape from Jaffna, none of them had been ravaged.

    "No, kid, run away. General Jaffna is being chased and beaten by the enemy. Run away, run away."

    "Father. Your fish is hooked."

    "Escape for your life first, otherwise we will have to feed the fish later, run away!"

    The father and son jumped into the sea with two splashes. This time, they didn¡¯t care whether their headscarves were wet or not. They used their hands and feet to swim quickly towards the shore in the most graceful dog paddle style.

    Thirty or forty warships from Jaffna rushed toward the estuary in a chaotic manner, followed by a group of ships in darkness. The first few ships spurted out long tongues of fire from time to time, and the terrified soldiers of the Nian Kingdom had already  No longer caring about order, they rushed towards the mouth of the river.  It was tragic now. The river mouth was not as good as the sea. There were so many ships competing for the river channel. They collided with each other in the crisis, and some were directly hit and sunk.  There was chaos at the mouth of the river.

    Seeing this situation, the sound of gunfire from behind became more and more intensive, one shot after another, as if there was no time to stop.  Six or seven ships sank in succession at the mouth of the river, and the water was littered with corpses and broken boards. This alerted Jaffna, who ordered two larger warships to come across and scuttle the ships in order to block the channel;

    But sinking a ship is not an easy task. Before they could achieve their goal, the gunboats behind them had already arrived. The soldiers in charge of sinking the ship ignored Jaffna's orders and swam away to the shore.

    After Yang Yi led his fleet to catch up to the river mouth, only six gunboats and some Sinhala boats were allowed to enter the river. The rest were all anchored at sea. Ten thousand troops disembarked here, led by Yang Yi personally, and marched to the river in a mighty manner.  Killed in Thanjavur, the capital of Zhunian Kingdom.

    This area belongs to the alluvial plain of the Cauvery River, with thousands of miles of fertile fields and numerous waterways and lakes. It is the most important grain-producing area in southern India. It is densely populated with densely populated villages and connected villages and towns along the way.  It was this land of plenty that supported the country's dominance of India.

    The Sinhala and Zhunian Kingdoms were feuding. After the Sinhala soldiers came ashore, they plundered the people along the way. Soon, Saburo Ozawa's 800 servants also joined the looting.

    Yang Yi didn't bother to stop him. If he wanted these guys to obey orders, it would be impossible not to let them taste the sweetness.  Moreover, after this looting, the hatred between Zhunian State and Sinhalese will become deeper, which will be more conducive to future control.

    Halfway to Thanjavur, Yang Yi suddenly noticed some slight vibrations on the ground. Having led the army for many years, he immediatelyNot knowing what was going on, he quickly issued a battle order.

    Soon, a huge black army appeared in front of them. Those at the front were all elephants. As far as the eye could see, there were probably ten or twenty thousand of them covering the sky and the earth. They were like tanks, kicking up billowing smoke and dust.  The overwhelming force came over them, and the momentum was extremely astonishing.  How many infantrymen were following behind, I couldn't tell for a while.

    Sinhalese also has a lot of elephant soldiers, and they know the habits of elephants very well. They have already taken out rockets without Yang Yi's order, but many of them are still trembling with fear. Think about it, all the troops here are  There are only 10,000 men, but the enemy army only has 20,000 elephants. One man spreads two elephants. This comparison of strength seems to be more than just a slight difference. Even Yang Yi is secretly shocked.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? by? by the strength of the Xiang soldiers of the state, didn't even make any stop, 10,000 or 20,000 Xiang soldiers rushed over directly, as if they planned to crush Yang Yi's 10,000 horses into meat cakes as soon as they met.

    Twenty thousand elephants started running. Although they were not very fast, the ground shook and the mountains shook. The sound hit everyone's hearts like a heavy drum, making their hair numb and their eardrums buzzing.

    At this moment, the six warships on the river roared at the same time, and twelve tongues of fire spurted out. The sound of the cannon was drowned by the sound of the elephant's hooves and was almost inaudible.

    Only the whistling solid bullets were like meteors, hitting the elephants several miles away.  With such a dense herd of elephants, the bullets were all fired. Twelve solid bullets hit the herd. The elephant that was hit was knocked directly to the ground, rolling and knocking over the elephants next to it.  The one rushing from behind couldn't avoid it and was tripped, and a chaos suddenly appeared in front of him.

    Soon, the five hundred flintlock guns also roared, and rows of bullets were like fire nets.  The front is tightly sealed. One or two bullets cannot kill the elephant unless they hit the vital point, but it can make the elephant go crazy with pain. If it doesn't obey the control of the soldiers on its back, it will rush around randomly.

    This is more effective than shooting an elephant directly, and an elephant rushes wildly.  It can often block the path of a dozen elephants.  Moreover, elephants are very smart animals. The smarter the animal, the easier it is for the fear to be contagious. Amidst the screams of their companions, more and more elephants began to charge randomly even if they were not shot.

    At this time, the gunboat was also replaced with shotguns.  Countless marbles whizzed away, and elephants kept falling to the ground. The tragic scene was no less than a landslide.

    "Go!" Yang Yi shouted, and thousands of soldiers lit torches and rushed out to greet the scattered elephants, rushing out of the opponent's bow and arrow range.  Thousands of grenades were thrown out at the same time, hundreds of steps away. Of course, it was impossible for the grenades to blow up the elephant, but thousands of grenades exploded at the same time. The loud noise that shook the city and the ground, the rising fire and smoke, made  The already disorganized elephant soldiers completely collapsed.

    Grenade bombs are thrown out one after another. No animal can remain indifferent in the face of such a huge explosion, and elephants are no exception. The elephants do not care whether they are injured or not.  They were all so frightened that they turned around and ran away.

    "Charge!" Yang Yi roared again, and the 10,000-strong army immediately rushed out and chased the elephants. As they approached, rockets shot into the sky, constantly increasing the elephants' fear.

    Twenty thousand enemy troops followed the elephant soldiers.  Not to mention how miserable it was at this time, the frightened elephants came overwhelmingly, and they were instantly defeated. They abandoned their armor and fled for their lives. The screams were like a tsunami. One wave was higher than the other, and the elephants went crazy.  Humans cannot outrun elephants. Countless enemy troops were unable to evade and were trampled into pulp by the heavy tank-like elephants. The smell of blood rushed straight into the sky.

    Yang Yi and the others were like shepherds, they kept chasing after Hou Cheng, and they chased them for twenty miles. They killed countless enemies and captured thousands of elephants.

    It just so happened that there were many Sinhala soldiers who knew how to control elephants. Yang Yi himself sat on the back of an elephant, which carried a wooden basket on its back. It was like a small house. It would not be a problem to seat five or six people, so  Phew, Yang Jiajun exchanged bicycles for motorcycles, and all sat on elephants to kill towards Thanjavur City.

    However, the Sinhala soldiers and Saburo Ozawa were unwilling to ride on the elephant, because the trophies that Yang Yi didn't like were a considerable amount of income for them. Besides, weren't they allowed to loot along the way?  Well!

    Yang Yi simply ignored them and let them snatch them all the way. He led 1,500 Yang family troops and three to four hundred elephants and quickly rushed towards Tanjawu City, which was the capital of the Zhunian Kingdom;

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? That is Yang Yi's goal. Until then, Sinhala and Ozawa Saburo, you can't even think about getting involved.

    Yang Yi repeatedly urged the Sinhala soldiers driving the slave elephants to hurry up and hurry up, so as not to let King Prolari I and the rich officials, gentry and wealthy people in the city escape.??That's all our food!

    With the elephant as a means of transportation, in the evening, Yang Yi's 1,500 troops came to the city of Thanjavur. Well, there were also six gunboats.

    The city of Thanjavur is located on the south bank of the Cauvery River, with a moat connecting the rivers. The city is not very big, with a circumference of only more than 20 miles.  Yang Yi and the others arrived almost together with the defeated troops. He was not in a hurry to attack the city, but sent troops to quickly block the four gates.

    Well, as our ancestors said, it¡¯s called catching a turtle in a urn.

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