The land area of Linyi is not large. It occupies an area from the dividing line between Quang Binh Province and Ha Tinh Province in later Vietnam to the position around Nha Trang in later generations, with only the middle section. The area of Vietnam south of Nha Trang in later generations still belongs to Zhenwa.
Zhenwa is also Cambodia in later generations. To be honest, Zhenwa was once very powerful in history, but it fell into decline after being lonely in the middle. Cambodia and Vietnam are also considered feuds. There are still tens of thousands of people living on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Formerly Vietnamese.
But what I have to say is that Fan Fenzhi was very aware of current affairs and paid tribute to Li Shimin whenever he had nothing to do. He gave Li Shimin a lot of colorful parrots, pearls, and various treasures.
This is also the reason why Li Ke came to Linyi immediately. The two sides have a history of "friendly" exchanges, so of course he must have come to Linyi first.
Another reason why he came to Linyi was that there were serious conflicts in Linyi.
Lin Yi and Zhen Wa have always had conflicts, although the conflict is not big. Because Lin Yi has a good relationship with Datang, Zhen Wa has nothing to do with Lin Yi at the moment.
Lin Yi has a good relationship with Datang because Fan Fenzhi is a good licker. It is not a big problem to kill Lin Yi, but he does not dare to have a conflict with Datang. He is also a vassal of Datang, so of course he has to listen to himself It’s from the sovereign state.
In order to maintain relations with the Tang Dynasty and obtain a sufficient amount of treasure, Fan Fenzhi had only one choice, which was to continuously exploit the people at the bottom. For example, the industry of pearl divers was not only found in the Tang Dynasty, but also in Linyi. It was deeply understood and used to its fullest extent. The pearls that were paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty in recent years came from the pearl divers of Linyi who exchanged their lives for pearl divers. Come.
According to the intelligence collected by Li Dai, the conflicts and grievances between the nobles and the common people in Linyi State were deep, and they were like a powder keg that was about to explode.
Tsk tsk, Li Ke couldn't help but taste it. Speaking of which, if Lao Li asks for more from Lin Yiguo, won't someone in Linyiguo be about to rebel?
How about turning Lao Li into a tyrant and asking him to demand tribute from all the surrounding countries?
"Report! Your Highness Yuelai Trading Company has sent urgent information. There is a rebellion in Linyi State and they have rushed into Linyi Royal City." A guard outside the door came in and quickly reported the report.
"Ah?" Li Ke was confused. Shall I go? I'm just talking casually, is there really someone rebelling? No, according to the historical data he collected, Lin Yi, Zhen Wa and other countries during this period were actually relatively peaceful, with basically no major conflicts. Why did someone suddenly rebel?
If the scale is not small, it will definitely be recorded in the history books.
How come someone suddenly rebelled?
"Bring me the information." Li Ke stood up directly.
The guard directly handed over a piece of information. Li Ke opened the information and started to read it.
When he finished reading it, Li Ke was stunned.
How the hell can this have anything to do with me? To be honest, Li Ke never expected that he would become a spiritual leader one day. More importantly, Li Ke never expected that the Datang Weekly he published would spread to Lin Yi.
This... Li Ke was somewhat speechless, but what Li Ke didn't expect was that these people could actually gather more than 1,400 soldiers, and they could easily rush into Linyi King City.
Didn't it say that Fan Fenzhi had five thousand guards? Everyone is dead? Five thousand can't beat one thousand four? Can you play?
If you don't know how to play, just find a job in a factory.
Too bad!
To be honest, this incident was a bit beyond Li Ke's expectation. The point is that these people did not notify Datang. However, judging from the information sent by Yuelai Trading Company, they will find someone to go to Datang after they capture the royal city. Reported that he wanted to join the Tang Dynasty.
But the other party didn't notify him before success. This decision alone was somewhat shrewd.
It was impossible for the border generals of the Tang Dynasty to attack other countries at will. They did not have this right.
But if someone wants to surrender, then these border generals have the qualifications to recruit them, and then report it to Chang'an Li Shimin.
These two are different concepts.
"How far are we from Xianglin City?" Li Ke raised his head and asked.
"There is still one day left before we can return to Your Highness."
"Full sail, full speed." Li Ke gave the order directly.
"yes!"
"Woo!" A dull horn soon came from outside. This was a specially made, large-scale horn installed on the ship.
When the horn sounded, soon all the ships in the fleet sounded the horn, and all the sailors on the deck outside kept running.
It just so happened that the wind was favorable today, and the ships with full sails instantly increased their speed to the extreme. The huge fleet rushed towards Xianglin City like a giant dragon.
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"Huh!" Shi Lang took a long breath and spat out the blood foam in his mouth. The sky had turned completely dark, and today was over.
Although it is not too dark today, the enemy should not attack at night. The most powerful elephant soldiers of the Linyi royal family cannot be dispatched at night. The eyesight of elephants is very poor at night, so even if they are trained Elephant soldiers are also prone to trouble, so they prefer to attack during the day.
"Quick! Clean up the fence! Repair the wall!" Shi Lang shouted loudly. As he shouted, he kept helping in his hands.
They captured Linyi Royal City by surprise, but they also had to hold it for at least five days if they wanted to get support from the Tang Dynasty! This place is more than 300 miles away from the border of Datang, and it will take more than two days for the cavalry of Datang to arrive.
It's just that Linyi Royal City is not like Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the city wall made of masonry alone is several feet high! If it is such a majestic city wall, it must not be difficult for them to hold it for a month, right? Of course, if there were such a tall city wall, they would not be able to capture Linyi Royal City.
But Shi Lang knew in his heart that they might be in trouble this time. More than 400 of their soldiers had died in battle. Although many enemies died, they failed to capture the most critical figure, King Lin Yi. Fan Fenzhi.
In other words, they overestimate the opponent's combat effectiveness, and they also overestimate their own combat effectiveness.
Now their only choice is to hold on until the arrival of the Tang Army.
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"Your Highness, we have arrived outside Xianglin City." At this moment, southwest of Xianglin City, the location of Da Nang in later generations, this is also one of the ports of Linyi Kingdom, and Li Ke's fleet has arrived outside the harbor.
"Let Liu Yilong lead a thousand navy to land outside the port in small boats first. After taking the port and ensuring that no news is leaked, the army will land again." Li Ke pondered for a while and said, the power in his hand was crushing. of.
But if you want to maximize your profits, you can only avoid alerting Lin Yi's army.
