***
After receiving the combat order, Chen Hui led his troops from Fusu Port in Luzon, crossed the South China Sea and headed towards Oak City in southern Siam.
Since the Siamese capital Ayutthaya was captured by the Kingdom of Dongwu, King Hayero, along with his concubines and children, fled southwards while fighting under the protection of General Bai Song.
Hayero sent people to Daqin for help many times, but Daqin was busy dealing with powerful enemies in the northwest. Even the emperor went to war in person, and the three ministers in Nanjing could not make a decision. Hayero waited anxiously, but no reinforcements came.
General Wu Jing of the Dongwu Kingdom led his troops in pursuit, and Baisong was defeated step by step, from Ayutthaya to Siam, then to Minglang, Gushan, and finally retreated to Oak City. This was already the southernmost territory of Siam. If it could not be defended, it would have no choice but to go into exile abroad.
At the beginning, Hayero had some hopes for Daqin. After all, Daqin had helped Korea in the north to restore its country. It was said that Daqin treated Korea very well. Hayero said that Siam had always been respectful to Daqin, and when the emperor of Daqin ascended the throne, it sent its eldest son Demo to pay tribute.
But as time went on, Hayero became desperate.
Wu Jing's army of thousands of troops was advancing step by step, clearly intending to wipe out the Siamese royal family completely.
Although Bai Song was very brave, he was outnumbered and the morale of his remaining soldiers was low. Under the fierce attack of Wu Jing, who had several times more troops than him, the situation became worse and worse and he was in imminent danger.
In despair, Hayero aged rapidly and fell ill.
On this day, outside the Oak City, shouts of killing were still heard everywhere. The soldiers of the Cave Kingdom rushed towards the top of the city wave after wave. The two sides were fighting fiercely. The blood gathered into streams and flowed into the sea. The sea surface along the coast was almost dyed red.
Bai Song on the top of the city wall was hit by two arrows, but he still fought hard. However, he knew that he could not hold on for much longer.
Almost all the soldiers defending the city were wounded and exhausted. The enemy had already attacked the city twice today. Even the elderly, the weak, women and children in the city went up to the city to join the battle.
The heroic death of the second prince Naji dealt a heavy blow to the military and civilians. Bai Song knew that they could survive today but not tomorrow, and Oak City would no longer be able to be defended.
He was about to send his most trusted men to protect King Hayero and help him escape into exile when he saw a black cloud coming from the sea. The cloud was getting closer and closer. He finally saw that it was a ship.
Bai Song had never seen the Qin army's warships, but he had heard that the Qin army's fleet was very special, because the five virtues of the Qin Dynasty belonged to water, and they valued black. Therefore, not only were the sails of the warships black, but even the hulls were painted black, which was rare among the ships of other countries.
Bai Song suddenly felt a surge of hope in his heart. He ignored the arrows flying like locusts from below the city and stood on the top of the city staring blankly at the sea. He prayed silently in his heart, hoping that it was a warship of the Qin Dynasty. Oh my God, I hope so.
Perhaps the heavens heard Bai Song's prayers. The black warships were coming with the wind at a very fast speed. On the top of the mast of the largest warship, a large black flag fluttered in the sea breeze. When I could see the seal-shaped "Qin" on the flag, I could see the seal-shaped "Qin" on the flag.
Bai Song, who usually shed blood but not tears, suddenly felt his eyes get hot, and his hands holding the knife couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Daqin!"
"Daqin has sent reinforcements!"
"We are saved! We are saved!"
"Daqin! Daqin... Daqin has finally sent reinforcements..."
The soldiers and civilians on the city wall were like drowning people grabbing a life-saving straw. Even before the warships on the sea approached, they had already wishfully believed that the Qin army was coming to support them.
The Emperor of the Great Qin had already issued an imperial decree to attack the Kingdom of Dongwu. Regardless of whether they came to help Siam or not, it was certain that they were enemies of the Kingdom of Dongwu.
However, no ordinary people on the city wall had time to analyze these things. In their eyes, the Qin army was their life-saving straw. It must be, it must not be... because everyone was so eager for life.
The cheers from the top of the city scared away the enemy's attack below. Wu Jing, the general of Dongwu State, looked at the Qin warships approaching from the sea, feeling confused and uncertain.
The Siamese King Hayero in the city soon received the news. He was ill, but he burst into tears and cried out: "The Great Qin, the Great Qin Emperor has finally sent a rescue army, finally came..."
There were cries all around. Hayero struggled to get up, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and ran to the top of the city wall barefoot.
When he saw the Qin warships approaching Oak Harbor, the excited Hayero burst into tears again. He straightened his clothes, knelt down on the top of the city wall, and kowtowed: "The Emperor of the Great Qin! The Emperor of the Great Qin! I kowtow to you. Long live you, long live you, long, long live you!"
The king knelt down, and the Siamese soldiers and civilians who had survived the bloody battle on the city walls also knelt down toward the north, shouting "Long live the king!" The sound shook the heavens and the earth.
Chen Hui was holding the Eternal Mirror and saw this scene on the battleship, feeling deeply moved.
"Turn left! All the guns on the starboard side fire three rounds at once." Chen Hui moved the telescope towards the Dongwu army outside the city and gave the order calmly.
This time he brought five gunboats, fifteen eagle ships and bluff ships, and a total of eight hundred men and horses.
Oak City is only two miles away from the port. Now the Qin army's artillery uses a new type of steel, which has a stronger chamber pressure resistance and can bear more propellant. It is also equipped with a gun mount that reduces recoil. The gun barrel is also longer, and the range of the broadside cannon can reach five miles, almost approaching the range of the Red Cannon.
As Chen Yun's order was passed down, the five gunboats slowly adjusted their angles, and one cold and ferocious cannon after another was pushed out of the portholes, with the black muzzles pointing at the Dongwu army outside Oak City.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
As the five warships opened fire in succession on the port side, tongues of fire gushed out, and huge projectiles whistled like a meteor shower, like the howling of death, and smashed fiercely into the Dongwu army.
Three consecutive shots, a total of two hundred bullets, fell on the Dongwu army like a rainstorm. For a moment, the earth was shaking continuously due to the violent impact. Only then did the Dongwu soldiers realize that death was coming towards them.
The bullet weighing nearly twenty pounds whizzed down, and the people who were hit were covered in blood and flesh, and their bodies were no longer human. After the bullet hit the ground, it bounced again and plowed all the way. Two hundred bullets plowed a trail of blood. The Dongwu soldiers screamed and fled, crying and shouting like waves, and there was chaos.
These small countries on the Indochina Peninsula, except for the Nguyen Dynasty in Jiaozhi and the Zheng Dynasty who received a small amount of artillery from the Portuguese and the Dutch respectively, actually had no artillery, and had never seen such a horrific scene.
Two hundred shells fell like a rainstorm, crushing the flesh and blood who tried to stop them, and it was a horrible sight. Nearly 10,000 of our troops were frightened by three volleys and fled in panic, not even having time to evacuate their camps.
Even Chen Hui did not expect this. His ship had not yet docked, and it was too late to pursue the victory.
The servant finally brought the shoes to Hayero. He shed tears several times and his eyes were still a little red, but the anger in his heart was also released in the howling. His condition suddenly improved, like a miracle.
He personally came out with the soldiers and civilians in the city to welcome Chen Hui. When Chen Hui landed at the port, Hayero could not hide his excitement and asked, "I wonder what the general's name is? I guess the emperor of the Qin Dynasty must have sent the general to save Siam from danger."
Chen Hui took two quick steps forward, clasped his fists and said, "I am General Chen Hui. Your Highness has personally come to greet me. I really don't deserve it."
"General Chen led his army to help us, saving Siam from danger. It is well deserved, well deserved."
"When the emperor of the Great Qin returned from his expedition, he heard that Siam had been invaded by Dongwu and was furious. The emperor said that Siam had always served China with sincerity and that the Great Qin could not sit idly by and watch its vassal states fall into danger without helping them.
Although the national treasury is very empty due to years of war, the emperor still resolutely took out the local currency to help with military expenses and ordered me to lead the army to help Your Highness restore the country.
Don't worry, Your Highness. If Your Highness fails to restore the country, I will fight to the death with Your Highness. If necessary, the Emperor of the Great Qin will continue to send reinforcements. "
Hayero had been living in fear these days and was almost in despair. After hearing Chen Hui's powerful words, tears began to flow uncontrollably. He led the Siamese army and civilians with great gratitude and kowtowed to the north again, thanking the Emperor of Qin for his help and saving Siam from danger.
Chen Yun stepped forward to help him up and said, "Your Highness, please stand up. The Emperor of the Great Qin clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Those who offend their superiors will not be spared by the Emperor of the Great Qin, even if they are far away. For those who serve the Great Qin sincerely, such as Korea and Siam, the Emperor of the Great Qin will never allow you to be bullied by wolves and tigers. Those who offend our vassal states are considered to be offending the Great Qin, and the Emperor of the Great Qin will punish them."
"The Emperor of Qin is so kind, so gracious!" Hayero, with tears in his eyes, bowed to the north repeatedly.
The Siamese soldiers and civilians who escaped death sighed, just like bullied children seeing their parents. Some of them could not help but burst into tears and vent their anger.
****************************
ps: I decided to write my own Spring Festival couplets tomorrow. Although I am single, I also want to get some festive atmosphere. Does anyone have good Spring Festival couplets with more than seven characters? Can you provide some? (To be continued..)
...