“Where is he now?”

"Have retreated to his base Chanthaburi Mansion"

"Chanstori Mansion? Isn't it Ayutthaya?"

"Zheng Xin started his business here. The capital of Siam Ayutthaya was destroyed during the last Myanmar invasion"

"In addition, the current Cambodian King Udie II is supported by Guangnan, which is unacceptable to Zheng Xin's opinion, so he established Annon II, a son of the Cambodian royal family, and made him king in Kampot, who was near the sea in southern Cambodia."

"He can control the situation in Cambodia well by staying in Chanthaburi Province, which is also near the sea."

Timur closed his eyes.

"Although the Mekong Delta is very good, the land of the river fairy obtained by Mo Tianci in the past has been obtained seven provinces given by Udie II. Now Udie II is in danger. If our army enters, wouldn't it be more helpful than Guangnan and Siam?"

"With our country's strength, it's no problem to win the entire Cambodia, but that would definitely bring endless trouble. But wouldn't it be better to obtain the land granted by the Cambodian king when Guangnan was unable to take care of himself due to the rebel army's problems"

"In that case, both Guangnan and Siam have to consider it carefully, and then the best strategy is to capture the Jiading Prefecture of Guangnan based on Hexian Town"

"From then on, the country and Cambodia are separated by our country and Cambodia, and there will be no unreasonable thoughts. Also, the general of Hexian Town, Mo Tianci, just fled to Jiading, and took the land of Hexian first while he did not come back. Otherwise, with the prestige of the Mo family, if he waited for him to return to Hexian Town, it would be troublesome"

He slowly opened his eyes.

"For the Tiandihui, our army can use the navy to support it, and the rest should be done by themselves"

"What about our army?"

"The soldiers sent tribute to the public, occupied the land, and captured or killed Annon II alive"

"Your Highness...", what you mean is that once our army captures Gongbu and presents Annon II to Wudi II, we can obtain the former Mo Tianshu?

"Yes, although Hexian Town has a large number of Chinese people, I guess it is still mostly Khmer people. If that is the case, if a king formally ordered the place to be allocated to our country, it would be much easier to manage"

"And once our army intervenes, Guangnan and Siam will not react immediately. When they fully react, our army has taken over Hexian Town"

"Also, please inform Hong Kong immediately and let it dispatch a squadron and a brigade to arrive in Singapore as soon as possible"

“Yes!”

"Where is the Dutch?"

"It's very simple. There is no need for a squadron on Hongji Port, and no one dares to attack the place, let it go south quickly, and then drive into the vicinity of Malacca City. If the Dutch are smart, they will not continue to support the Malays. At the same time, they will send your people to incite in Batavia to make the rear unstable"

“Yes!”

....

Kampot Port after a hurricane.

The entire port city is still filled with wet fog, the earth is hazy, and even the vast Gulf of Siam can't be seen clearly.

Everyone is enjoying the moment of tranquility after the heavy rain.

This land, including the entire Gaomian Kingdom behind them, has been spent in recent hundreds of years under the oppression of strong neighbors. Once the opponent wants to divert internal conflicts, the first thing that comes to mind is the country. Since most of the country is plains and there is no danger to defend, it is conceivable to fall into such a situation.

Therefore, the first thing almost all Khmer kings have to do after they come to power is to determine their own lord state, otherwise the throne will definitely be unsafe.

Annon II, who was in his early twenties, also thought so. He was just an ordinary Cambodian royal family. If the current king was not supported by Guangnan, Zheng Xin would never have chosen him.

In any case, in such a situation, the country has no chance to build its own city extremely firmly. Most cities are tied with a circle of bamboo fences, except for a few wooden buildings, adobe houses, and thatched huts are all around.

In the rainy, muddy and unpredictable water levels, building a solid building is not easy, but thatched huts are the right choice.

Annon II lived in a temporary wooden house.

Lying on the wet bed, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He couldn't stand his sleepiness this morning and wanted to fall asleep...

"Boom..."

At this moment, a strange sound came from the sea in the port.

Kampot Port City was naturally alarmed, and Annon II's guards rushed to the dock to check.

The pier at Kampot Port was built by Chinese people and can be docked with large Fuhuo ships. The pier is also quite large. In order to stabilize Annon II's status in Cambodia, Zheng Xin also stationed a small fleet here.

After the heavy rain, the world became hazy, and wisps of black smoke appeared in the rain and fog, making loud noises from time to time. Not long after, a huge black ship they had never seen emerged from the rain and fog!

The first thing that caught their eye was the flag on the main mast.

The golden dragon on the red background is swaying in the sea breeze.

Although the news about the Truchen people had long been spreading to the Gulf of Siam, their ships had never been to Kampot Port, so these people were stunned.

Soon, two large ships had reached the dock less than ten feet away. When they approached, they turned north and exposed their starboard position!

This is obviously the Truchens' iron-clad fleet, which are two Batulus. Although they are steam warships, the height of the ship's side is almost flush with the sail battleships that are popular in Europe, and naturally much higher than the Siamese flatbeds. The artillery position on the middle deck is almost flush with the dock!

"Boom..."

Batulu began to roar.

If you look from afar on the shore, you will see dazzling fires appearing from time to time in the clouds that gather and drift away, accompanied by huge roars.

These roars were so loud that they completely covered the original roar of the ship.

The Truchens cast shotguns. Each side of the two ships had eight cannons over 11 centimeters, which totaled sixteen. Each time they were cast 30%. After all the sixteen were cast, the first round was loaded.

In other words, after a bombardment, there were no people standing on the entire dock.

In the bamboo city, Annon II, who was awakened, also had a monocular telescope given to him by the Dutch. He was already scared to death when he saw this scene. Before the two big black ships could cast the second round, he rode on the Khmer ponies under the protection of his guards and ran away.

He ran to the north. After taking over the entire Cambodia, Zheng Xin transferred all the land in the south of the country and later Kampot Province to him. Seeing that Kampot Port City could not stay, he could only run to the inland north, and there were two earthen cities, Chuk and Angoze, to the north. Let's go there first.

As soon as Annon II ran, his men, especially his confidants, and the soldiers in the city, followed him by about a thousand people. The Khmer horses were shorter than Mongolian horses and were not much faster than walking. When the Truchens completely took the pier and began to send cavalry to the shore, Annon II and others had already run dozens of miles away.

As for the thatched huts and stilt houses in Kampot Harbor City, the farmers, fishermen and ordinary vendors who live in the stilt houses, they don’t have this concern. Although they are a little scared, they finally didn’t run away and waited for the arrival of the Truqins in fear.

Annon II ran for more than a hundred miles in one go and finally arrived at Chuk, the Tucheng north. The reason why he did not live in Chuk, but lived by the sea was obviously afraid that Udie II, who is still the king of Cambodia, is still safe in Southeast Asian countries. Although there is no stable one for the royal family, although external troubles are terrible, it is not worth mentioning compared with the struggle within the royal family.

After all, external troubles can be avoided by cede land, paying tribute, and calling vassals. And external troubles obviously will not be present every day, but the struggles within the royal family are present every day.

Therefore, it is obviously much better to stay in a harbor that is convenient for escaping on Siamese boats than to stay in the mainland.

Chu Kecheng was placed in the Qing Dynasty, which was a small city with only one earth wall. Even so, Annong II still felt relieved when he arrived here.

"Open the door!"

When he walked to the south, he finally yelled and finally breathed a sigh of anger.

With a creaking sound, the sandalwood door, which was taller than the earth wall, slowly opened.

Then an army was driven out from it.

At first, Annon II did not realize that something was wrong, but as the cavalry in front dispersed and surrounded a young man riding on a tall horse and wearing bright golden armor, he couldn't help but feel dizzy!

Udie II!

Udie II is about the same age as him, both over 20 years old. At this time, he should be in Phnom Penh City. According to his agreement with Zheng Xin, half of the taxes in Cambodia this year will be handed over to Siam. He needs to deal with this matter with all his efforts.

But he obviously took Chuk City early in the morning!

Thinking of the black ships in Kampot Port, even if Annon II reacted slowly, he knew the whole story.

There were only ten horses on his side, and more than a thousand infantry soldiers who had been exhausted long ago. In front of him, there were at least one hundred cavalry under his command, and even ten battle elephants, with two or three thousand people behind him.

Annon II knew that he would definitely not be able to escape this time. When he thought of the way his royal family treated the traitors, he couldn't help but shivered immediately.

However, when he thought of the powerful Zheng Xin and the tens of thousands of troops under his command, he regained his courage.

He gritted his teeth and urged the horse to meet him.

"Udie! Are you not afraid of the revenge of Emperor Daxin?!"

At this time, in the Indochina Peninsula, except for Myanmar, the aristocrats such as Siam, Laos (Laos), Vietnam, and Cambodia were all similar to those in the Ming Dynasty. Udie II wore a golden royal garment with a guillo embroidered on it.

"Hahaha"

I saw Wudi II laughing to the sky.

"Zheng Xin? He is nothing in front of the Truqin Empire!"

"The Guangnan Kingdom..."

"I promised His Highness Timur of the Truqin Empire. Anyway, the six southern provinces in our country have been assigned to the Mo family. Now that the Mo family has lost to Zheng Xin and ran to Guangnan, what's the difference between giving it to the Truqin people?"

"His Royal Highness Timur has promised me that there will be no more bullying from Siam and Guangnan in the future"

"You just believe in Truchen?"

"That's natural. Truchen defeated the Burmese, Malays, Qing people, even the Dutch and Portuguese one after another. What do I not believe?"

Annon II suddenly shuddered, then flew off the horse, and ran to Wudi II and knelt down.

"King, for the sake of our ancestors, please spare my life. I don't want Kampot Port anymore. I just need to give me a small mountain county near Laos"

Wudi II naturally refused. At this time, someone flashed behind him. Who wasn't Wang Wu?

He rode his horse to the side of Udie II, and then said softly: "Your Majesty the King, there are countless children of the royal family of your king. This person in front of him was just a random introduction by Zheng Xin, in order to check and balance your Majesty. Even if he kills him, he can still introduce others to you at any time."
Chapter completed!