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Chapter 687 tense atmosphere

Compared with the 6-pound and 12-pound field guns commonly used by infantry, the 24-pound and larger-caliber naval guns used by the Nanyang Fleet are more suitable for breaking cities.

After the Nanyang Fleet defeated the Siamese navy, smaller warships cleared the battlefield back and forth, and the remaining Siamese navy had fled to the upper reaches of the Chao Phraya River.

The battleship loaded with heavy artillery approached the area of ​​Ayutthaya located by the river, and began bombarding the capital and city walls of Siam!

The Siamese defender saw the heavy artillery of the Nanyang Fleet making the city wall on the side of the river wail, and his face turned pale. He understood why the infantry of the Kyushu Army had been waiting all this time. They wanted to cooperate with the fleet on the Chao Phraya River and conquer together. Empire.

"They want to minimize the casualties of the siege, and let us face the pressure of the waterway at the same time... But we can't let them be too arrogant, let them see how powerful we Siamese are." Siamese After all, it is a Western power, and there is still a big difference from a small country like Chenla that is often suppressed. Even if it is now attacked by the Kyushu Army by water, the soldiers are still full of luck.

When the Kyushu Army attacked the King of Siam City, the escaped soldiers and civilians spread the news to the surroundings. For a time, Siam was in a state of turmoil. Taking advantage of the chaos, the hatred accumulated between some local forces also broke out at this time. In short, the entire Siamese country spread from stability to war, and the flames of war began to engulf this once powerful kingdom.

At the same time, the Kyushu Army that attacked Siam was also facing a certain degree of trouble. They were likely to be surrounded by the king's divisions from all over Siam.After all, Siam is a big country with a population of one million. King Qin's army and farmers may reach more than [-].

In the Angkor Kiln area near the Chenla Kingdom to the east of Siam, [-] soldiers led by Cao Bianjiao have been hoarding troops here for a long time.

When they received the news that the Siamese country was in turmoil, Cao Bianjiao immediately summoned all the soldiers of the Third Southern Conscript Corps and got ready to go.

The Yellow Dragon Banner, which symbolizes the Kyushu Army, is fluttering in the wind. Horses and mules are pulling cannons and machine guns. The soldiers below are carrying muskets, waiting for Cao Bianjiao, who is standing on the clay wall of Angkor Kiln, his eyes are full of combat exploits. desire.The independent corps was originally only one corps, but it was upgraded to three corps because of the war, but the three corps were temporary, and they still needed military exploits to stabilize their positions and gain more combat exploits.

Cao Bianjiao took a military flag from his own soldiers, and waved the yellow dragon flag: "Let's go out, this trip will calm down Siam, let Siam be our vassal!"

"Squeeze Siam! Pacify Siam!" The fanatical soldiers of the Third South Corps began to march towards the territory of Siam, all the way...

At the port of Thang Long City, a Dutch merchant ship docked, and Putmans of the East India Company led people off the ship in a hurry.He was originally the governor of Yizhou appointed by the East India Company. Later, when the Kyushu Army came, he became the governor of the East India Company stationed in Annan, and then the Kyushu Army came again... If he is now in Batavia After I got my job, I guess I will return to Europe.

There are not too many princes and nobles in Europe. It is better to be a local emperor in Nanyang when you return to Europe.

He heard the news that Cruise, a Dutch businessman who returned from Hoi An Port, said that the Kyushu Army was accumulating food in Hoi An Port, and it was very likely that they would launch a military operation to invade the Spice Islands, so he hurriedly asked Governor Cohen to send him an envoy. Thang Long City, the seat of the Chief Secretary.

But when he got off the boat, he found that the atmosphere in Thang Long City was very delicate. The workers on the pier were moving up and down, carrying supplies, and the atmosphere in the city was also a little tense.This kind of atmosphere is not a rush, but a very subtle sense of tension. It doesn't seem like the people are spontaneous, but a sense of tension generated from top to bottom. It seems that the top is preparing and expecting something, causing the people below to prepare busy.

Putmans had a bad feeling.

"What are you carrying? Where are these things going?" Putmans called to a dock worker.

"Master Hong, you can't say anything about this, and us handymen don't know anything." The dock worker seemed quite afraid, and didn't dare to say more, and hurried away.

Putmans was even more confused. He couldn't understand what the Kyushu Army was doing mysteriously.

"I am Putmans from the East India Company of the Netherlands. Take me to meet the civil affairs officer of your Cochin Chief Secretary." Putmans had no choice but to find the Kyushu Army garrison at the port and let them take him to meet Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan took a group of officials from the Chief Secretary of the Cochin to circle around the map of Nanyang, pointing and drawing on it, and then letters came and went in and out of the office of the Chief Secretary of Cochin, and the officials were too busy.

When Putmans came to the office of Chief Secretary of Cochin, he was even more confused when he saw a pair of huge stone lions in front of the office and the continuous stream of officials coming in and out.

"Come in, please. However, our Civil Affairs Officer has been busy with official duties recently, and the time given to you is limited, so I will make a long story short." An official of the Cochin Chief Secretary who led Putmans said to Putmans.

Putmans was in a bad mood. In the eyes of the Chief Secretary of Cochin, he, a high-level East India Company, had to summon him within a limited time, which meant that the status of the two parties was very unequal.However, Xiong Wencan is an official who manages a population of several million, and he is only one of a group of high-level Westerners in the Spice Islands. Xiong Wencan seems to have no problem with such a superior attitude.

Xiong Wencan met Putmans in a side hall.

"East India Company, I heard that your company has strongholds in many places, and its influence is not small, but at present we don't have any conflict of interest, so why come to me?" Xiong Wencan asked.

"I would like to know whether your army has recently purchased food on a large scale? If so, what is the purpose of your move? Do you mean to attack the Spice Islands?" Putmans asked straight to the point.When he came to Shenglong City, the strange atmosphere here made him a little flustered.

"Oh, it turns out that the East India Company has noticed this matter. Please rest assured that our Kyushu Army has no intention of attacking the Spice Islands in purchasing grain this time," Xiong Wencan said.

Putmans secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Then why did you buy the grain this time?"

"Ahem, as long as we buy grain, as long as it doesn't harm the interests of your army, there should be no need to inform you?" Xiong Wencan said with his hands back.

(End of this chapter)