After Fan Wenba finished these words, Chaquan stood up, walked around, frowning and thinking hard.
After a while, Chaquan seemed to have his answer.
"Your thinking direction is quite special. At least I haven't considered it before, but I can tell you clearly that I don't want Champa State to become the Champa Province of the Ming Dynasty."
"Isn't that enough?"
Fan Wenba smiled and said: "Then, there is only one way to go, to rely on our own strength to defeat the enemies outside the city. In this way, the Ming Kingdom will respect us, and we can gain greater bargaining chips after the war and compete with the Ming Kingdom. negotiation."
Chaquan did not respond to him, but talked about the matter at the military group meeting. In the end, the resolution was passed by a vote of three to two.
The new army left the city and attacked Zou Yana at night.
Perhaps God was helping. It rained heavily that night, and the world was dark. Zou Yana's army huddled in the barracks, drinking, gambling, and warming themselves by the fire. They had no will or preparation to fight.
Even Zou Yana himself had no fighting will. Listening to the sound of rain outside the tent, he drank a lot of wine and fell asleep early in a depressed mood.
The New Army soldiers took advantage of the cover of the heavy rain, followed the firelight in the direction of Zou Yana's military camp, and fought a night attack that Zou Yana could not even imagine or know what to think about.
The result was that Zou Yana's army collapsed.
Only 2,000 people from the New Army attacked and launched a sneak attack with the effect of 20,000 people. Zou Yana's military camp completely collapsed and quickly entered a state of bombing. The New Army did not kill many people at all. The main losses were caused by Zou Yana's army. Caused by killing each other and trampling on each other.
Zou Yana herself was woken up by a huge noise in her sleep. In the extreme chaos, all his own guards were scattered. Only the "loyal" Yahai led a dozen soldiers to find Zou Yana. Take him and try to escape from the military camp.
As a result, a cold arrow shot from nowhere hit Zou Yana's head with a ghostly effect. Zou Yana died on the spot without saying a word.
Yahai was frightened to death, and the more than ten guardsmen collapsed instantly. Everyone fled in all directions. Regardless of the situation, in the endless collision, trampling and killing each other, few people saw the rising sun the next day. .
This night attack was so successful that Cha Quan, who personally led the battle, gained a very high prestige among the new army. He led 2,000 warriors to attack the 20,000-strong camp at night and inflicted extremely beautiful casualties. Compare.
The New Army lost only more than 200 troops, while more than 14,000 of Zou Yana's 20,000-strong army were captured, and more than 4,000 people died in the riots of the night attack. Only more than 1,000 people were scattered. And escape, escape from death.
The entire military camp was filled with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. The situation was so horrific that even a normal person would be frightened out of his wits and lose control of his bowels even if he just took a look at it, leaving a lingering psychological shadow.
When it was daybreak, Cha Quan and the more than 1,700 warriors who had participated in the night attack and survived returned to the city to rest extremely exhausted. The task of cleaning the military camp outside the city was handed over to Fan Wenba.
That evening, after Cha Quan woke up, he learned about Zou Yana's death from Fan Wenba, and saw Zou Yana's complete body with only an arrow in the head.
His eyes were still open, and he seemed not to have expected his death at all.
A generation of tycoons who once caused a stir in the Champa Kingdom and used conspiracy and violence to seize the throne and establish their rule came to an end in this way, which has to make people feel sad.
And after all, Zou Yana was also Cha Quan's uncle. Regarding this blood relative who was on the opposite side, Cha Quan looked at his body and recalled various episodes from his childhood.
Finally, Chaquan let out a long sigh, expressed his last condolences to him, burned Zou Yana's body on fire, and scattered his ashes into the river.
Then, at dawn the next day, the vanguard general Zhou Zhi appointed by Zhang Yuejing arrived with three thousand cavalry.
He thought he would become the key man in this battle, leading the Ming cavalry to defeat Zou Yana, but what he saw was the new army's victory.
After Zhou Zhi consulted Cha Quan about what happened before, he sighed greatly and praised Cha Quan for being good at training troops and bringing out good soldiers. He also informed Cha Quan that the Ming army had already set out and could arrive in five days at most. They thoroughly It's safe.
Cha Quan thanked Zhou Zhi, and then said that the Ming army was invincible, but this time, the Ming army might not need to take action personally.
Although there are nearly 20,000 troops approaching from Bintonglong's direction, as long as he shows Zou Yana's head, Bintonglong's army will surrender without a fight.
Chaquan was so confident that he sent someone to deliver Zou Yana's head to Bin Tonglong.
Zhou Zhi put forward his own suggestion, saying that the people who wanted to persuade him to surrender should go there under a flag of the Ming army, so that they could tell Bin Tonglong's army that the Ming army was coming.
Cha Quan thought for a moment and adopted Zhou Zhi's suggestion.
Five days later, almost at the same time that Zhang Yuejing's troops arrived, a surrender letter from Luan Rong, the commander of Bintonglong's occupying army, arrived.
At the surrender table, Luan Rong said that he had never agreed with Zou Yana's rule, but was forced to follow him due to the situation. Now Luan Rong is willing to respect Cha Quan as the new king of Champa, be loyal to him, and will wait for Cha Quan where he is. Complete command.
Whether to advance or retreat, you alone have the final say, I will listen to you.
Luan Rong is obviously a sensible person.
Zhang Yuejing and Zhou Zhi were not surprised by this.
Zou Yana died, Cha Quan won, and behind Cha Quan was the Ming Dynasty. Every Champaigner should know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, especially senior generals like Luan Rong.
Confrontation is hopeless. The only option is to surrender to Chaquan and seek shelter. Only in this way can he save his life and property, so it is not surprising at all to make such a choice.
A medium-sized war was eliminated. Chaquan successfully took control of the main army of the Champa State, and thus initially established his position in the Champa State.
Nevertheless, this is only the first step for the Champa State. If the Champa State wants to re-enter the status of a normal country, it still needs some necessary steps.
Regarding the post-war status of the Ming Dynasty towards the Champa State, a five-member military team including Cha Quan, as representatives of the Champa State Renaissance Branch, held a meeting with Zhang Yuejing, Zhou Zhi and others to discuss.
Zhang Yuejing conveyed Su Yonglin's message that the Ming Dynasty supports the independence of the Champa State and the establishment of an independent Democratic Republic of Champa. The Ming Dynasty will provide necessary policy and material support to the Champa State to help the revolutionary regime of the Champa State gain a foothold as soon as possible.
"The Ming Dynasty is undergoing democratic reforms, and it is natural for us people to carry out democratic reforms. If you want to gain a foothold in Champa State and fight against the landlords and tyrants everywhere, the only way is to mobilize the people, so you must give the people support. All kinds of rights.”
Zhang Yuejing and Zhou Zhi taught them all their experiences in the revolutionary war period, and Cha Quan and others listened very carefully.
What they had learned before was all about military operations and had no relevant knowledge about running a country.
I thought it would take some time before it could be used, but as a result, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Now it is time to catch up and put it on the shelf. The political framework of the Champa State must be established.
Of course, Zhang Yuejing and Zhou Zhi, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, firmly did not support the restoration of the kingdom system in Champa State.
They believe that with the support of the current system and conditions of the Ming Dynasty, the Champa State can gain a firm foothold even without the kingdom system.
However, in a period when the situation is relatively chaotic, out of the need to concentrate all its efforts on suppressing the reactionary forces, the Champa State can temporarily freeze the democratic system and construct an emergency committee in the name of "political training".
This committee was reorganized from the branch of the Champa State Revival Association and has all the power. Chaquan, the most prestigious leader, can serve as chairman of the committee. Although the status and power are equal to that of the king, the nominal difference is sometimes the essential difference. .
Su Yonglin no longer wants to be the emperor, but your Champa country still has a king. Is it ridiculous?
Cha Quan was willing to accept this, as he was not very interested in the royal system.
But Fan Wenba raised objections.
"Not being the king may not seem like a big deal to the Ming Dynasty, but judging from our actual situation, a guy like Luan Rong still holds an army. If Cha Quan becomes the chairman of the committee instead of the king, what will he think? Will he immediately Start a rebellion?"
