1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 142
"Master Cao, those two ships are no longer behind!" In the early morning, the watchman shouted loudly.

Cao Xiong held up the binoculars and looked towards the rear.In the rear of the fleet, no ships appeared as expected.

In mid-May, starting from Guangzhou Bay, Cao Xiong's fleet of six ships, full of people and supplies, headed straight for Phu Quoc Island near Chenla.

Then, not long after setting off from Guangzhou Bay, two Haicang boats followed behind. The distance was less than two miles, and they were fast and slow behind the fleet.

At first Cao Xiong thought it was just the Daming Maritime Merchant who happened to be on the same road as his side, so he didn't care.

However, because the fleet was full of people and supplies, the speed was relatively slow, and they stopped at a small port in Annan for half a day.

After sailing again, it was found that the two ships were still following.This time, even a fool would know that the other party obviously has some malicious intentions, and there must be some conspiracy.

Cao Xiong couldn't help feeling a little depressed.A few months ago, when I collected various craftsmen from Haojing and returned to Guangzhou Bay, I was followed by a large western ship and did not leave until Guangzhou Bay.

When transporting the first batch of immigrants to Phu Quoc Island, the big Western ship followed behind.Impatient, Cao Xiong simply led another Galen ship "Xingye" to turn around and sail towards this large western ship that had been following for a long time, preparing to deal with it by force.It's so deceiving, we have two big ships, you only have one ship, and you dare to play against us!
Seeing Cao Xiong's two large ships approaching aggressively, the opposing ship simply turned around and ran away, and never appeared again.

But who knows, when Cao Xiong transferred immigrants from Guangzhou for the second time, another ship followed him.On the way, it's not that no boats were sent to chase you away, but when you turned around and left, the two following Haicang boats circled the sea and followed up again.

In the end, Cao Xiong simply stayed behind, relying on the powerful force of his own ship, he chased after the two Haicang ships.From noon to evening, until the two Haicang boats fled separately, Cao Xiong stopped chasing, turned around and headed towards Champa.

After a night of driving, I went to look behind me in the morning and found that the two following Haicang ships were indeed gone.

Cao Xiong couldn't help being a little puzzled, two groups of ships followed them, they said they were pirates, but they didn't look like them.It might be better to say that a certain sea force is eyeing him. They seem to be tracking and inquiring about his situation, and even want to find out his foothold.

But even Zheng Zhilong, who is so far away from Hanzhou, what can he do after finding out his situation?Besides, didn't they always want to find a foothold on Taiwan Island opposite Fujian, they should target the Dutch talents.We came out this time, on the coast of Daming, and did not fly the banner of the Dutch East India Company, so there is no reason to be targeted by him.

Putting aside these unexplained guesses, Cao Xiong ordered the ship to speed up to Fuguo Island, and it is reasonable to transport all the people to Hanzhou as soon as possible.

When Cao Xiong's fleet was competing with the two unknown boats, Phu Quoc Island, where more than 2000 people had gathered, received a visit from a nearby "neighbor".

"You are the envoys of Zhancheng?" Hu Pingjiang looked at the few dark, thin and short "natives" opposite him in surprise.It has been a few months since I occupied this island. It stands to reason that Chenla, which is the closest to this island, came to us for a theory or two, but it makes sense.But what does it mean that you Zhancheng came here?
The history of the country of Champa, in fact, is also very inspirational. It is gradually rising and forming in the continuous struggle with neighboring powers.

Until the end of the 2nd century AD, the Champa area was still under the rule of the Han Dynasty of China.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qu Lian, a member of the Zhan nationality, was the son of a meritorious Cao in Xianglin County. Taking advantage of the weakening of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he led thousands of people to raise troops in Xianglin County (now Hue) in Rinan County in 192 and killed the county magistrate.

Fan Yan, the governor of Jiaozhi, went to conquer Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen counties, but the Han army mutinied because they were afraid of the expedition, which led to failure.

The Eastern Han Dynasty wanted to send 4 people to suppress it, but was finally dissuaded by Minister Li Gu.Since then, the area has been independent from China and is called Linyi Kingdom.

Later, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they continued to violate boundaries and were constantly beaten by the northern regime.However, some land was occupied one after another, and finally expanded northward to the Hue area of ​​Vietnam today.

Lin Yiguo changed its name to "Huanwang" after the Zhide Year (758) of the Tang Dynasty.The Chinese called this country "Champa" as early as around 877 AD.

The period from the 7th century to the 10th century was the most prosperous period of Champa.During this period, Champa mainly made profits by exporting ironware and aloe vera.At the same time, Champa will also gain benefits by attacking merchant ships or using troops abroad.

With its favorable geographical location, Champa plays an important role in the Maritime Silk Road, thus gaining huge benefits.However, due to the sparse population and long-term wars with Chenla and Annan, the national power of Champa was continuously consumed, and Champa eventually declined.

In 877 A.D., Indravarman I established Angkor Thom in the Luoruos area in the north of Tonle Sap Lake and unified Chenla.

Immediately, a protracted war broke out between these two countries, which were both in the stage of prosperity.From the 10th to the 12th centuries, there were constant military conflicts between Champa and Chenla.The protracted war has gradually weakened the national power of the two countries. In 1238, the Sukhothai area in the west of Chenla took advantage of Chenla's weakness to become independent, which was the beginning of the founding of Siam (Thailand).

In 938, Wu Quan defeated the army of the Southern Han Dynasty at the Baiteng River. Annan became independent from China and began a long war with Champa, constantly weakening its strength.

From the 10th century to the 15th century, the history of Champa was that it was constantly tortured and killed by Chenla and Annan, and the land continued to shrink.Although, during this period, there were occasional explosions, and they captured Angkor, the capital of Chenla, and Annan Shenglong Mansion three times, burning, killing and looting wantonly.

But in the end, due to his small body and weak strength, Annan pressed him to the ground and rubbed him.In 1402, Annan captured the capital of Champa under the command of the Supreme Emperor Hu Jisuo.

The king of Champa, Jaya Sanghavarman V, sent envoys to his father in the Ming Dynasty many times for help. In 1407, Emperor Yongle sent Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu to attack the Hu Dynasty in Vietnam.Jaya Sanghavarman V also led the Northern Expedition, recapturing the land occupied by Vietnam not long ago, and captured the Vietnamese generals Hu Lie, Pan Maxiu and others.

At this time, Annan had been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. After alleviating the worries in the north, Jaya Sanghavarman V turned to attack the western neighbor Chenla and defeated its king Benhaya.Attacks by Champa and Siam eventually led to the abandonment of Angkor, the capital of Chenla.

Annan rebelled against the Ming Dynasty in Le Li in 1418, and established the Hou Le Dynasty in 1428, officially breaking away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.After the establishment of the Later Le Dynasty, it immediately planned military revenge against Champa.

In 1446, Zheng Ke, a minister of the Later Li Dynasty, led an army to attack Champa, captured Vijaya (now in the southern part of Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam), and captured his king Maija Vijaya and returned.Ming Yingzong asked Vietnam to release King Champa, but Vietnam refused.In the following year, Mahagui, the royal family of Champa, expelled the Vietnamese and recaptured Vijaya.

In 1469, Annan Houli Dynasty asked Champa to pay tribute to him, but Champa refused.Therefore, in the first month of the second year of Hongde in the Later Le Dynasty (1470), Li Shengzong of the Later Le Dynasty personally led the army to attack Zhancheng.

The King of Champa, Panluo Chaquan, asked Chenla for help, but Chenla was still worried about the attack on Champa decades ago and did not send troops to rescue.

Annan's army raided Shaqihaikou in early February, and defeated the occupying army at Munu Mountain with a trick to lure the enemy.Panluo Chaquan sent envoys to seek peace.On the one hand, Li Shengzong agreed, and sent envoys to the king of Zhancheng to repair it; on the other hand, he rectified the army and horses to prepare to attack the city.

On February [-] of the same year, the city of Zinai was captured; on the first day of March, Japan (Vijaya) was captured, more than [-] Panluo Chaquan and his subjects were captured, and more than [-] people were killed and returned.In April of the same year, Panluo Chaquan died of illness in the army. Li Shengzong beheaded him and ordered the bow of the ship, burned his body and threw it into the river.After returning to Shenglong, he presented his head and captives to the Taimiao.Since then, Vijaya has been occupied by Vietnam.

Panluo Chaquan's younger brother Panluo Chayue fled into the mountains and continued to fight against Vietnam, but was defeated by Annan.The Annan people established the Champa Royal Family Jayama Fuan Yu Bintong Long (now Lang in southern Vietnam) as the puppet king.Most of Champa's territory was incorporated into Vietnam's territory.

After the fall of Vijaya, one of Panluo Chaquan's sons, Siyapa Ulin, led his troops to flee to Aceh in the north of Sumatra and established the Aceh Sultanate.

After this battle, Champa's national destiny was completely destroyed, and it could only linger on, waiting for its demise.

Although, the two major military groups of Zheng Zhu and Ruan Zhu in the Later Le Dynasty clashed and separated the north and south of Vietnam respectively.Champa also took advantage of the Annan Civil War to raise its own troops, but it was also constantly squeezed and bullied by the Ruan Lord in the south of Annan.

Recently, Brahmi, king of Champa, heard that huge boats were constantly traveling between Daming and southern Chenla, and the boats were full of Ming people.Suspecting that the Ming Navy had come here, he sent an envoy, He Liba, with a gift, to check it out by boat, and begged him for help.

"This, I can't decide!" Hu Pingjiang shook his head vigorously.We just occupied this island temporarily and transported some immigrants in transit. How could we get involved in the struggle between you small countries.

"Then may I ask, general, where is the master?" He Liba asked through an interpreter.I'm afraid there are more than 2000 people on this island, coming and going, logging, building houses, and setting up camps.There was even a team of more than 400 military guards standing guard outside the camp with knives and guns.Could it be the outpost of the Kingdom of Heaven here?
"Our commander-in-chief is rushing here from the sea, and we will arrive here in about half a month." Hu Pingjiang didn't have the slightest intention of keeping guests.

He Liba continued to ask, but Hu Pingjiang just didn't answer, saying that he had to wait for the Shangguan to come, and then talk about it.As for whether they were the Ming army, they neither admitted nor denied it, which was quite helpless.

After leaving the gift, He Liba took people back to Champa, Bin Tonglong, and returned to his life, and said that he would pay another visit after half a month.

(End of this chapter)