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Text Chapter 540 Landing on Tianzhu Continent

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    In January of the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Zhen and Li Yun on Ceylon Island gathered all their troops. Tongguo was called Rama Bridge by the locals, which was also the Adam Bridge area in later generations. The so-called Rama Bridge actually refers to Ceylon Island.  There is a series of coral reefs and shoals between the mainland and Tianzhu, which is nearly sixty miles wide and can be reached by rowing a boat. It was from here that the Tamils ??on the mainland arrived at Ceylon Island.

    After tongguo Rama Bridge is the Tamil Nadu state of later India. The main race is Tamil. Now it is mainly ruled by the Pallava dynasty. It is worth mentioning that the Pallava dynasty ruled here.  It was only in name. The dynasty was divided into countless small states, and the states were constantly fighting each other. It was even more chaotic than the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in the history of the Central Plains.

    The first opponent Li Zhen and the others faced after landing was a small country located on the eastern coast. This small country was called the Chola Kingdom, with a total population of about 600,000 to 800,000 and a military strength of one.  More than 10,000 people occupy a narrow coastline, and they also have a certain influence on the central hilly areas of Tamil Nadu. There are two relatively large port cities built on the coastline, one is called Chola City, and they also  The other capital is called Sanga City, which is similar in size to Chola City. Eighty percent of the country's population is concentrated in these two cities.

    For this city-centered city-state, Li Zhen and Li Yun have already summarized the jingy¨¤n on the island of Ceylon. For example, the previous Tamil Kingdom and Sinhalese Kingdom, as long as their capitals are occupied, the entire country will be destroyed.  It can be considered destroyed, so after Li Zhen and his army landed, they immediately marched towards Chola City.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun had 2,500 musketeers in their hands.  As well as an artillery force of 500 people, Datang's firearms force originally numbered more than 10,000 people.  But Li Zhen and Li Yun's strength is limited, even if Li Shimin lends them all.  They don't have that many firearms for the troops, so they borrowed so many for the time being, and the rest can be rotated.

    The artillery force has more than a hundred artillery pieces. Although the power of artillery in this era is limited, under the salvo of so many artillery fire, no city wall in the entire Tianzhu can stop it. Chola City is just the capital of a small country.  , the city wall was not much thicker, so it was attacked by several volleys.  The walls of the city of Chorah collapsed.

    The Chola Kingdom is also a country composed of Tamils ??and has a very close relationship with the Tamil Kingdom on the island of Ceylon. When Li Zhen and Li Yun destroyed the Tamil Kingdom, many nobles from the kingdom fled to Chola by boat.  In the La Kingdom, everyone in the Chola Kingdom knew something about the armies of Li Zhen and Li Yun. They knew that this foreign army was well-equipped and very fierce. The same number of Tamil troops were no match for the opponent.  Not to mention that there were only six to seven thousand garrison troops in King Chola's city.

    The Tamil garrison of six to seven thousand people faced more than 50,000 steppe cavalry, and the city wall was broken, so there was no danger to defend it.  Faced with this desperate situation.  The Chola Kingdom wisely chose to surrender, and as a result, Li Zhen and the others took Chola City into their hands effortlessly.

    "Then the two separated a part of the cavalry, carrying King Chola's order.  They easily captured another Sangjia city, and Wang Xuance and others immediately referred to Li Min's method of managing the colony.  Combined with their own situation, they began to carry out a series of reforms and governance of the Chola Kingdom.  This will become their bridgehead to invade the Tianzhu continent.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun occupied the Chola Kingdom and finally had a place to stay on the Tianzhu Continent. However, other surrounding kingdoms will definitely be frightened after hearing the news, although their relationship with the Chola Kingdom is not very good.  Well, some of them are even feuding, but after all, they are a country composed of Tamils, and they all believe in Brahmins. In the past, it was just internal fighting, but now an external force has intervened, and they are not Brahmin believers, so they naturally do not  You will look at it stupidly. Now these surrounding countries are connecting with each other and are likely to launch an attack on Li Zhen and Li Yun, who have not yet established a stable foothold.

    Li Min was not too surprised by the performance of Li Zhen and Li Yun. He was not even worried about the collusion between their surrounding countries.  In history, Wang Xuance turned the entire Tianzhu upside down with only more than 10,000 troops borrowed from Tubo and Parani. In addition, Li Zhen and Li Yun made complete preparations and had 50,000 grassland cavalry in their hands.  And a firearms unit with powerful attack power.  It can be said that with this force alone, if occupation is not considered, they can bloodbath the entire Tianzhu continent in the shortest time.

    But Li Zhen and Li Yun did not come here just to promote force. What they wanted was complete occupation and rule, the complete annexation of the entire Tianzhu, and the establishment of their own dynasty and country.  Therefore, they cannot be like Wang Xuance in history, who destroyed countless countries without hesitation, but then had no choice but to retreat.

    ¡°It is easy to conquer a place, but if you want to firmly control a place in your own hands, you will have toIt is not an easy task for the subjects there to help you. Everything depends on your own ruling methods!  "

    This is what Li Min said to Li Zhen and Li Yun afterwards. There is an essential difference between Li Min and Li Zhen and Li Yun, that is, Li Min can immigrate from the Tang Dynasty, but the main ethnic group in the country is still the same.  The Han nationality is the main one, and other foreign nationalities are the supplementary ones.  But Li Zhen and Li Yun are far away in Tianzhu, and there are not that many Han people in the Tang Dynasty to immigrate. Therefore, the rule of the two of them must be dominated by the local ethnic groups in Tianzhu. If they want to rule in such a place with no ethnic basis,  This requires Li Zhen and Li Yun to have higher governance methods, otherwise they will be kicked out sooner or later.

    However, Li Min now has no time to pay attention to Li Zhen and Li Yun's rule over Chola State, because at the same time when Li Zhen and Li Zhen sent troops to Tianzhu, the situation in the Strait of Malacca also changed, and the existence of the Lion City had become serious.  The economic interests of various kingdoms along the coast of Malacca were initially intimidated by Li Min's powerful naval power, and they did not dare to make any changes at all.

    However, as the ports in the Lion City become more and more prosperous, more and more sea-going ships are willing to berth in the Lion City. This has made the ports headed by Mora Youcheng increasingly depressed, and they will no longer be as prosperous as before.  Regarding this situation, Mo Luoyou and other countries could tolerate it at first, but as time went by, the tax revenue they could receive became less and less. In addition, the pirates secretly sent out were constantly being wiped out by the Lion City fleet. This  Leaving their finances even more depleted.

    As the saying goes, taking away people's wealth is like killing their parents. Mo Luoyou and other countries could not bear it anymore. Finally, Mo Luoyou took the lead and began to form a secret alliance, preparing to gather everyone's strength to destroy the Lion City in one fell swoop.  However, the news soon reached Li Min through Wu Meiniang's intelligence system.

    Li Min had already been prepared for the actions of small countries like Mo Luoyou. If he hadn't been unable to allocate too much power to completely wipe out the small Jinzhou countries like Mo Luoyou, he would have sent people to take control of the entire Malacca.  In your own hands, why do you need to work so hard to build the Lion City?

    However, although he did not have the power to take the initiative to clean up, he came up with a passive method, that is, during the construction of the Lion City, he vigorously stirred up the repairs of Mo Luoyou and other countries, cutting off their maritime economic sources. In this way, they would definitely  They will send troops to attack, but there is a strait in the middle, so the opponent must send out naval forces. Then he can just use the navy to eliminate them at sea. Now it is as expected.

    It was precisely because of the plan that Li Min received the information that Mo Luoyou and the others were about to make a move. Not only was he not surprised, but he was also very happy. He even ordered Lu Qing from the Lion City to strengthen the cleanup of the Malacca Strait and completely  The pirates supported by several countries were wiped out to further anger Mo Luoyou and other countries.

    After receiving the order, Lu Qing naturally did not dare to neglect. Twenty main warships were organized into ten squadrons to carry out a new round of raids on the entire Strait of Malacca. As a result, not only were many pirates wiped out, but even Mo Luoyou and others were wiped out.  The navy soldiers who occasionally go out of the country cannot escape the fate of destruction when they encounter them.

    This series of actions by the Lion City has made the security of the Straits of Malacca skyrocket. Maritime merchants who come and go know that this is the credit of the Lion City, so more ships are willing to berth at the port of the Lion City. This almost makes Malacca  Ports in countries such as China have completely lost their source of tax revenue.

    Under this situation, headed by Marayu and supplemented by the increasingly powerful Srivijaya and other countries, 2,000 warships were assembled at the port outside Marayu City, with more than 100,000 soldiers.  In May of the 19th year of Zhenguan, they launched an attack on Lion City, and the governor of Lion City, Lu Qing, mobilized twenty main warships and hundreds of auxiliary ships to meet the enemy.

    Originally, two thousand versus twenty, there should be no suspense in this battle, but naval battles are not won by numbers. Most of Mo Luoyou's warships are small boats with a length of more than ten steps, or at most thirty steps, compared with Lu Qing's  Compared with the main battleships, each of which is more than a hundred paces away, they are like toys. Even if they don't use the cannons on the ship, they can smash the opponent into pieces just by ramming them.

    What's more, Lu Qing and the others also have hundreds of auxiliary warships, most of which are much larger than the opponent's main warships. Some of the auxiliary warships are even equipped with artillery, and their attack power is only lower than that of the main warships.  , so Lu Qing and the others are full of confidence in this war.

    Countries such as Mo Luoyou also know that their disadvantage in warship performance is irreparable. Even if they have an absolute advantage in the number of warships, they have no confidence that they can defeat the opponent in a naval battle.  However, they knew this, so they did not plan to fight each other head-on at sea. Instead, they came up with a breakup plan, using half of the warships to hold back Lu Qing's navy, while the remaining warships went straight to the Lion City.  , and strive to capture the Lion City in the shortest possible time. Without the stronghold of the Lion City, it will be useless no matter how powerful Lu Qing's navy is.  (To be continued)
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