The "effortlessness" that Liu Xin had said did not show up in the end, because the next day Musali quietly spread a message explaining his current situation.

On the whole, Musali did receive a heroic welcome, and Geeta I did show him great respect and trust, but this trust was not complete enough, because although Geeta I handed over the responsibility of defending Phnom Penh to him on the spot, he did not hand over the command of the Imperial Guards in the inner city.

The Cambodian Imperial Forest Army had 8,000 men and was well-equipped - of course, this was a relative concept, in short, in Musali's view, if he offered the city at this time, although it was not impossible, it was not impossible to talk about "doing his best".

He also said that although the Great Tomorrow soldiers are invincible and it is not a problem to attack the inner city of Phnom Penh, these 8,000 Imperial Forest Army will cost the Great Tomorrow soldiers some hands and feet, and he is deeply disturbed by this.

In addition, he said that there were still a lot of goods in the inner city of Phnom Penh, and if the outer city was lost, Geeta I went to Lutai in desperation like the king of Xu, and burned himself and his treasures with a fire, which would be a fly in the ointment.

In the end, he finally said his thoughts: I hope that Liu Xin can launch a huge offensive, and it is best to give Gita I in Phnom Penh a great shock, because in this way, he is more likely to be able to obtain the right to mobilize the forces of the whole city, so as to give Phnom Penh City both hands intact.

It should be said that Musari's proposal is still very attractive, because Liu Xin also knows that Jinghua is now a very heavy task, if Phnom Penh City is abandoned, most of the time and effort will be spent on rebuilding in the future, it is definitely better to directly take a complete Phnom Penh City, and the less damage caused to this city, the better.

However, this idea actually conflicts with Musari's plan itself - if you want me to fight with great momentum and give Geeta I a great deterrent, but you also want me not to destroy Phnom Penh, then how do you let me fight?

However, Liu Xin is Liu Xin after all, she is a wise and close demon in the past, and she once made Gao Pragmatic feel terrible, how can she not have some ability?

She didn't convene the generals to discuss it first, but quietly calculated the account and determined the playing style.

In the afternoon of the same day, Musali received Liu Xin's reply from Xizuo, and after carefully memorizing every word, he went to do the corresponding things according to Liu Xin's reply.

Early the next morning, since arriving at the city of Phnom Penh, the "Ming army" that had been repaired for a day and a half was finally about to take action, although the army was only 20,000 people, which was not as sufficient as the strength of the defenders in the city, but the attack was just prepared for the attack, and the soldiers of the Gita I and Xun in the city, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were terrified.

If nothing else, just the hundreds of artillery pieces in front of the Ming army, and the forest of senran knives after the bayonets around the artillery were loaded!

Musali on the lookout in the city looked solemn, tilted his head slightly, and said to Geeta I: "Your Majesty can see how the battle formation of the Ming army is different from our army?" ”

Geeta I didn't understand military affairs, so he just shook his head nervously when he heard this, and said in a hoarse voice: "I can only see that their team is really ...... Exceptionally neat. ”

Of course, Gao Pragmatic's half-hung queue is particularly heavy, making the garrison in Beijing as if it was going to the National Day parade of the Red Dynasty. The queue of this bayonet array, not to mention looking horizontally and vertically, even if you look at it diagonally, the diagonal lines are all straight, which even the Liu family's subjugation of Yiding can't do, and a layman like Jita I will definitely be shocked when he sees it.

Of course, Musali's expert is also shocking, because the more insiders are more clear, it is not easy to practice the queue, and it is even more difficult to practice to this extent, he has only seen the description in the book anyway, and he has seen it for the first time in his life.

However, Musali didn't want to emphasize this point, so he said solemnly: "The strictness of the Ming army's appearance is indeed something that the minister has never seen, and it can be said that the strength of the Ming army is indeed not fortunate, but what the minister wants to remind His Majesty is the artillery in front of them." ”

Musali pointed out the more than 20 No. 2 cannons in front of the army formation and said, "Your Majesty has ever seen such a huge cannon before?" ”

Well...... The No. 2 gun is not the largest artillery in Gao Shi's hands, but it is a common artillery in the fleet at present, and the garrison will not use it under normal circumstances. The more than 20 No. 2 guns in front of him were transported by Gao Jing's detachment to build a temporary dock in Puliango to help Liu Xin over, and the purpose happened to be to conquer Phnom Penh, but Liu Xin originally thought that he would not need them, but he didn't think that he would have to launch them in the end to let them show their faces.

As a heavy artillery rarely used by the garrison, the No. 2 gun itself exists to conquer Jiancheng, and it is now the third-generation product of the Jinghua Artillery Factory, compared with the second-generation product used in the battle of Lang Son, the technical standard has been improved, and the craftsmanship is also a lot more exquisite.

If this kind of artillery is replaced with a European expression, it is probably close to a 12-pounder gun, and even if it is postponed by a hundred years, it is still an absolute heavy artillery. And due to the objective reason of the lack of copper in the Ming Dynasty, the Jinghua Artillery Factory used iron artillery (the fleet is still a bronze cannon), because of the relationship between the level of materials, the iron artillery to achieve the same efficiency, at present can only make the barrel of the cannon thicker, making these guns look particularly huge and stocky, only the black and round cannon mouth, it looks shocking enough.

Of course, this shock is for those who have some knowledge of artillery, but unfortunately, Geeta I does not know anything about artillery at all, so he has no special reaction, and he actually needs to be reminded by Mussali.

It's just that, even if he reminded him, Geeta I still didn't pay special attention to it, after all, he didn't have a personal experience, and he didn't know what kind of earth-shattering the "speech" of these black giant beasts below would be.

However, before Musali could explain to him the seriousness of the problem, the artillery of the garrison was about to start a test firing of guns that were completely above the standard.

Musali didn't know the professional procedures and terminology of "test firing," but he could see that the gunners on the artillery positions were not dancing, but that the gunners were filling the muzzles with gunpowder and shells.

The savior of the Cambodian army was so shocked that he looked closely at the watchtower where he was and found a flag with the family crest of their Mu family on the side of the watchtower, and then he calmed down.

Before he could speak, the fire flashed on the position of the garrison artillery in front of the city tower, and a loud "bang" suddenly sounded.

The people on the lookout only felt a shock in their hearts, and even felt that the lookout under their feet was shaking, and then before they understood what was happening, they heard a howl of ghosts on the city wall not far away.

In the end, Musali was the anchor of the Cambodian army, and he was the first to make up his mind and give a loud order to let the city wall over there report the situation.

In the short period of time after the situation report, two more artillery shots were fired from the position of the Ming artillery team, which also shocked people's hearts.

Now even Geeta I, a man who doesn't know firearms, knows that it is powerful, although he has not yet seen what the consequences of that thing are, but just listening to the sound has scared him a lot.

If he hadn't endured the fact that he didn't dare to lose face in front of so many subjects, he would have actually weakened his legs and feet, and he would have liked to sit on the ground, and now he was barely standing by holding on to the fence in front of him with both hands.

The Ming army fired a total of three cannons, and began to adjust the unique shooting parameters of Jinghua, and the losses caused by these three cannons were immediately reported to the lookout in the city. Flying

Three shells, causing serious damage to the three city walls, two of which made large pits, and cracks with the thickness of fingers appeared around the periphery, and the other was even more serious, the projectiles of the cannonballs did not even bounce and fell under the city wall, but smashed directly into the city wall, and even caused a small collapse above the city wall.

When Geeta I heard this, his face turned pale in an instant, and he was about to collapse when his knees were weak.

Musali hurriedly restrained him, and said with an extremely serious face: "Your Majesty, the state affairs are in danger, Your Majesty is the whole world, please go back to the palace and sit down first, there are ministers here who are fighting to the death - if the Ming army falls into the city, the ministers are not there." ”

Of course, Gita I would not find that there was a loophole in Musali's sentence at this time, he just said in a panic: "Mu, General Mu, this artillery is so powerful, Phnom Penh City is still ...... Can you still hold on? ”

Musali looked serious: "It doesn't matter if it can or not, Your Majesty, we have no way out." ”

Geeta I swallowed a mouthful of spit, his face struggled, and asked as if unwilling and timid: "Is this...... Ming Army...... The past can be ...... Is there a way to kill prisoners? ”

Musari's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he asked intently, "Your Majesty wants to surrender?" ”

"Ah......h I'm not, that's not what I mean. Gita I hurriedly said, "I mean just in case...... If they do......"

Mu Sali said coldly: "If Your Majesty wants to be a Ming Marquis, I am afraid that the ancestors and ancestors will not agree." ”

Geeta I's heart was cold, and he looked at the surrounding subjects and soldiers, all of whom had the expression of a dead father, and couldn't help but feel sad, and all his strength disappeared, and he said weakly: "In this case, everything is up to General Mu." ”

"Yes, but the minister needs to have full authority to dispatch all the people who can be mobilized in Phnom Penh, otherwise it will ......"

"It's all for you, it's all for you." Geeta I waved his hand haggardly, exhaled a long breath of turbidity, shook his head, and said, "I'll leave it all to you, I...... I am waiting for your news in the Grand Palace. As he spoke, he took out half of the tiger talisman from his bosom and stuffed it into Musali's arms without looking.

Don't think about it, this half of the tiger talisman is a token of mobilizing the Royal Forest Army.

Musali's heart was hot, but his face was solemn, and he arched his hand very clearly: "Minister...... Compliance. According to the custom in Cambodia at this time, Musali, a courtier of "Chinese" blood, could bow his hand at some time, instead of prostrate like the Khmers.

Geeta I didn't bother to pay any attention to this, and when he shoved the tiger talisman into Musali's arms, he had already turned around and staggered away with the help of the two eunuchs.

All the Wenchen also followed behind him in despair, and occasionally two or three generals looked at the half of the tiger talisman as if they had something to say, but when they looked at Mu Sali, whose eyes were extremely cold, they finally shut up with trembling in their hearts.

A soldier is the courage of a general, and now all the armies in Phnom Penh will obey the command of Musali, who would dare to disobey him at this time? These generals, who have no military power, do not dare to get along with Musali at this time no matter what.

It's all in this situation, just give you a charge of disturbing the morale of the army, and if you say you will kill it, you will kill it, and even not only yourself, but you and your whole family, you can't run away.

Everyone is a soldier from a background, who doesn't know the doorway here?

The Ming army has corrected the firing parameters, and now it is about to start the first round of official shelling.

Musari looked at the position of the garrison artillery with a serious face, and quite professionally conveyed a series of orders, all of which were to dispatch troops to strengthen the city defense, and by the way, he also ordered to temporarily repair the damage to the three city walls just now.

But all this is just an illusion, or the last performance he showed to the civil and military officials of Phnom Penh. After giving these instructions, he went to his White Tiger Festival Hall to "make a nervous dispatch".

The tense dispatch is real, it's just how to dispatch the city. The 8,000 Imperial Forest Army was completely transferred out of the defense of the inner city by him, and it was replaced by his 500 personal soldiers, and in the face of the questioning of the generals of the Imperial Forest Army, he just said expressionlessly: "The battle situation is so obvious, can't you still see it?" At present, if the outer city is lost, the inner city will not be able to be protected no matter what, since this is the case, the Royal Forest Army will naturally come out to guard, as for the inner city palace...... With five hundred personal soldiers of General Ben, it is enough, and there is no point in more. ”

Originally, several of the generals of the Imperial Forest Army wanted to ask him, "Why don't you leave 500 Imperial Forest Army to guard the Great Palace", but after thinking about it, forget it - Musali is right, this is the situation, what's the use of fighting for these?

In the eyes of these Royal Forest Army generals, it is impossible for Musali, the Phnom Penh lord, to surrender to the enemy, if he wants to surrender to the enemy, he can do it in Kampong Ching Yang, and what do you do when you throw yourself into the net and run to Phnom Penh? Could it be that Phnom Penh is a treasure of feng shui, and it is more comfortable to die in Phnom Penh than to die in Kong Qingyang?

What's more, he has more than 40,000 troops in Kampong Chingyang, even if he surrenders to the enemy, it is more weighty, isn't it? When he arrived in Phnom Penh, the most important person became His Majesty the King, and he Musali could not be more important than His Majesty the King in the eyes of the Ming army.

Although everyone still had some doubts, they still obeyed the order, and the Royal Forest Army quickly withdrew from the inner city amid the rumbling cannons of the outer city and came to the outer city to assist in defending the city.

Liu Xin, who was outside the city, watched the artillery team shelling in turn as usual, but she also had some doubts in her heart: Could it be that something had happened? It stands to reason that such a huge cannon should be able to frighten the rulers of Phnom Penh just by placing it in front of the formation, how can it be that after the test firing, three intermittent salvos were fired, and Musali still did not react?

Is it that Geeta I has to hold on to the military power of the Imperial Guards and not let go, or is Musali just surrendering by fraud before, and everything is nonsense?

But at this moment, the people who had been preparing to go by the side suddenly turned over and got on their horses. Liu Xin turned his head to see that a general of the Liu family army gave an order to the Japanese and prepared to seize the city gate, and hurriedly trotted towards Liu Xin's side, shouting: "Miss, the city gate is open, and the family crest of the Musali family is hanging on the city tower!" ”

Liu Xin breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, waved her jade hand, and shouted: "Surrender to the Japanese and quickly occupy the city gate, and the bayonets of the third regiment of the Jingang garrison will follow!" The artillery team adjusts direction, but must not open fire at will! ”

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PS: This chapter is a normal update, and tomorrow will be the same as today, and there is another chapter of the alliance leader.