Compared to the Seventh Legion of the Yue Fei Empire, which easily defeated Marato's army, Zhang Shuye's luck was not so good.

Angkor Thom, the capital of the Chenla Empire, was looted and burned by the two rebels of Marato and Godanwe.

After that, Marato found another place to build a wooden city, and Godanway was more clever, so he rebuilt a place called the new city on the site of Angkor Thom, using ready-made stones.

Not only is all the walls of this new city built of stone, which is very strong, but this city is located in the center of the Zhenla Empire, so it is almost impossible for Zhang Shuye's Imperial Eighth Army to follow Yue Fei's example and approach the city silently.

Since he couldn't storm it, Zhang Shuye weighed the number of troops and armaments on both sides, put on a steady formation, and slowly advanced towards the new city.

Zhang Shuye's ancestral home is Kaifeng, and he is also a northerner, who has never seen a tropical rainforest, and he, like the other soldiers of the Eighth Legion, was assigned to Jiaozhi before he began to adapt to the climate and environment here.

Zhang Shuye, who is now in his fifties, is naturally not as good as those young sergeants, and he has trekked all the way west from Jiaozhi Province to the boundless rainforest.

The Imperial army marched through the dense jungle, and although the Eighth Army also had selected scouts to open its way, the terrain was too difficult to guard against, and from time to time a real soldier would jump out and use bows, spears, and blowguns against the Imperial army.

The climate of Indochina is hot, and the soldiers cannot wear heavy armor, so they are often injured by the Zhenla, although the number of casualties is not large, but it brings a sense of depression to the army, and morale has become low.

In fact, this is also a grievance against Zhang Shuye, after all, even the well-equipped US troops in later generations were defeated by the soldiers of the Monkey Country after coming to the rainforest, let alone in this era.

Li Nan is now far away in Changsha, the imperial capital, and has not given any strict orders to Yue Fei and Zhang Shuye, and there is no time limit for this expedition to Zhenla, but Zhang Shuye himself is impatient.

Zhang Shuye's identity is different, he was originally a Song minister, and the commander of the Great Song Dynasty Wulu soldiers and horses fought fiercely with Li Nan's Zhennan Kingdom, and was later sent to the empire as a scapegoat by Huizong for peace.

It can be said that Zhang Shuye met Li Nan, a broad-minded emperor, otherwise his head would have been cut off a long time ago.

Li Nan felt that Zhang Shuye was a talent, and he was also ordered to attack Zhennanguo, and the two sides had no personal enmity, so he let him live and put him into a labor camp to atone for his crimes.

This time, he was recommended by Zong Ze and jumped from a prisoner to the commander of the Eighth Army of the Empire, which was really a step to the sky, to be honest, even Zhang Shuye himself couldn't believe it.

It was because of these invisible pressures that after Zhang Shuye led the troops to set off, he was full of thoughts about winning this battle and making contributions to prove his worth in front of Li Nan.

It's a pity that it backfired, and the easy bone was encountered by Yue Fei's Seventh Legion, while Zhang Shuye was facing the extremely cunning Godanway, and before the imperial army saw the shadow of Xincheng, it was already angry and disturbed by the sneak attack of the Zhenla soldiers he sent.

After all, Zhang Shuye has a lot of experience in leading the army, and after falling into this situation of constantly being attacked day and night, he quickly eliminated the distractions in his heart, and after discussing with the main general in the army, he finally came up with a solution.

This method is not good, and it can even be said to be a bit brutal.

The Eighth Army of the Empire has now entered the territory of Zhenla, so you can often encounter the villages of the Zhenla people on the march, originally the imperial military regulations clearly stipulate that it is not allowed to harass the people, but this time Zhang Shuye violated the law and ordered the soldiers to arrest a large number of Zhenla people.

Drive the people of Chenla to march on the periphery of the army, so that they can avoid the enemy's sneak attack, and even the traps placed here and there will not hurt the Imperial soldiers.

In fact, many generals in the army still oppose this inhumane method used by Zhang Shuye, but now that he is the commander in chief, the soldiers of the Eighth Army can only obey orders.

In this way, when Godanway's army sneaked up, it killed and injured the people of Zhenla, while the Imperial soldiers hiding behind would fire back at the first time, and the casualties were greatly reduced.

In this way, the Imperial army walked along the dense jungle and walked on the road stained with the blood of the people of Jinla, and finally arrived in the new city.

Fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungle is not the opponent of the Zhenla army, but if it is said to fight a fortified or positional war, it is useless to give Godanway several times the army.

When Li Nan was about to set off for the northwest, good news from the south finally came.

Yue Fei's Seventh Army and Zhang Shuye's Eighth Army had already eliminated Marato and Godanwe, captured more than 100,000 troops in Zhenla, and were currently clearing out the remnants of resistance in Zhenla.

The good news was accompanied by reports from the Legion Supervisors, as well as news from the secret spies of the Ministry of Intelligence through special channels.

The position of supervising the army has existed since ancient times, and even in later generations in the army, there is also this establishment, in the hearts of ordinary people and in many stories, the supervising army belongs to the villain who restricts the general.

Li Nan was also very disgusted with the position of supervising the army, and there was no such position in the army during the Zhennan Kingdom, but with the establishment and strengthening of the empire and the increase in the number of legions, he also realized the importance of supervising the army.

The commander of a legion has tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and such a military force must be restrained, and no army can be allowed to become a general's word, so that those in high positions will feel at ease, so the role of the supervising army is self-evident.

This time, the overseers of the Seventh Legion only described the attack on Marato in detail in their reports, and there was no praise or disapproval in it, while the overseers of the Eighth Legion were different.

Zhang Shuye violated military discipline and forcibly drove the people of Zhenla to march, causing thousands of innocent people to die on the way of the imperial army. This is also one of the reasons why there are many resistance forces in Chenla.

After Li Nan read the news sent by the secret spy of the Ministry of Intelligence, after comparing the two sides, he already had an understanding of the ins and outs of this matter, but he still needs to carefully consider whether Zhang Shuye violated military discipline this time.

It stands to reason that the imperial military discipline must not be disobeyed, and the people in the enemy's territory must not be harmed, which is also the tradition of the imperial army.

But it would be inappropriate to punish Zhang Shuye, after all, he fought in an enemy country, and in such a harsh environment, he gave priority to ensuring the safety of the imperial soldiers, and finally won the victory and opened up the territory for the empire, which is a great merit.

punishment will hurt the hearts of the generals and make them afraid in future battles.

reward, will make people feel that the imperial military discipline is not ironclad, for fear that future generations will follow suit.

This incident really annoyed Li Nan, the emperor of the empire!