The Dutch suppressed the Sultanate, who had finally approached the city walls, and the soldiers jumped over the moat on a long ladder and then climbed towards the top of the city.

In the war with the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all kinds of equipment beckoned to attack and defend the city, and thousands of archers and gunners lined up in a neat formation to shoot at each other, and the attack and defense of Phnom Penh were undoubtedly much worse, just like bandits and homeless people fighting the village.

Although it seems that there is no order, it cannot be said that the battle is not fierce, and the offensive and defensive battles in Phnom Penh are still full of flesh and blood, and the corpses have fallen into the city one after another.

At this time, as the Nguyen army was suppressed, some enemy troops climbed up to the top of the city, and the battle began to be fierce, Nguyen Phuc was on the verge of seeing that the city wall was in danger, and the defenders and the enemy troops who climbed up to the city were fighting on the entire section of the city, and when he was anxious, a rain of arrows suddenly flew overhead, and he looked back, but it was Lord Zheng who led three thousand archers to reinforce.

"Shoot the arrows!" Zheng Zheng, who was dressed in armor, ran over, immediately drew his sword and shouted, and more than 3,000 Annam archers poured from the gaps between the streets and houses to the foot of the city wall, stretched out their bows and arrows, and threw a wave of arrows outside the city.

The arrows rose into the air and fell over the city walls, and the enemy troops who crossed the river on the long ladder outside the city were immediately hit by arrows and fell into the moat.

Seeing this, the Nguyen army, which was fighting fiercely in the city, was demoralized, and Nguyen Phuc was on the verge of stabbing an enemy soldier to death, throwing the body off the city wall, and shouting: "Kill! ”

The Dutch suppressed the head of the city, but could not suppress the rain of arrows thrown from the city, and the enemy troops besieging the city raised their shields one after another, but the siege was still blocked.

At this time, many archers in the city climbed to the roof of the house and opened a direct shot at the enemy army in the city.

Nguyen Phuc was fighting with a sultanate general wearing chain mail, when suddenly a sharp arrow hit the general in the chest, and Nguyen Phuc was swept away with his sword, directly cutting off his head, and the headless corpse was shot with blood, and then fell down heavily.

There were soldiers on the roof, shooting the enemy directly, and the situation in the city immediately improved, and the soldiers of the Nguyen army shouted, "Beat them down." ”

The siege lasted about an hour before the soldiers of the sultanates retreated from the city.

Many of the soldiers of these sultanates were natives of the island, who had not been in war for many years and had not known soldiers for hundreds of years, so only the sultanates of Malacca and Borneo could fight.

However, although the defenders repelled the enemy's attack, the situation was not optimistic, and the city suffered heavy casualties.

Zheng Zheng stepped on a pool of blood to the city, and when he saw the corpses all over the place, he couldn't help frowning and said, "What about the casualties?" Can you still hold on? ”

Ruan Fuwei didn't expect Zheng Zheng to come to help him, "I'm afraid that the city wall will be destroyed by the Dutch!" He paused as he spoke, and suddenly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you this time!" ”

Zheng Zheng waved his hand, the army was defeated before, he had a lot of responsibility, he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would investigate it, so this time when he saw the crisis in Xicheng, he immediately came to support.

After the Ming Dynasty conquered the city of Zhancheng, it first helped Ryukyu get rid of the Shimazu clan, and then helped Korea to restore the country, and it already had a high prestige in the subject country and the surrounding areas, so Zheng Zheng was still very worried that the Ming Dynasty would blame him.

In addition, his feud with the Ruan clan came from the struggle for the power of Annam, and now the Ming Dynasty strictly forbade the private fighting of the vassals, and the contradictions between the two families have been suppressed by the Ming Dynasty, and he thought carefully that there was no need to continue the hostility to make the Ming Dynasty unhappy.

If the two families reconcile, maybe they can still cooperate in the future, and their neighboring Nanzhang State, the domestic chaos, and not like the Ming Dynasty called the vassal, relatively close to Donghu, Zheng Zheng has long had the intention of annexation, maybe he can ask Lord Ruan to send troops together.

After all, the relationship between the two is not good, and it is not a matter of a while to reconcile, and when they were having an awkward conversation without a word, a soldier suddenly came to report, "Lord of the country, King Zhenla sent someone to report that the envoy of the Heavenly Dynasty has entered the city." ”

Zheng Zheng and Ruan Fuwei glanced at each other, both of them were very surprised, afraid that the army of the Ming Dynasty was coming.

At that moment, Ruan Phuc arranged the city defense, and hurried down to the city, came to the palace of Chenla, met the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and presented a letter: "By the order of the marshal, I have come to Phnom Penh to deliver a letter!" ”

Zheng Zheng hurriedly took the letter and opened it to read it carefully, Ruan Fuhan couldn't help but ask the messenger: "Envoy, I don't know where the army of the Heavenly Dynasty is, which marshal will lead the army?" ”

The messenger who delivered the letter said with a smile: "Back to Your Highness, 30,000 elite soldiers have arrived in Zhancheng, and the leader is the Duke of Baoguo. ”

Ruan Fulin was a little shocked again, he didn't expect that Daming would transport 30,000 horses across the sea to Zhancheng in such a short time, which required how many warships and huge national strength.

At this time, Zheng Zheng had already finished reading the letter, and he was so excited that he hurriedly handed the letter to Ruan Fuwei and said: "Li Guogong asked us to guard Phnom Penh and wait for his reinforcements to arrive!" ”

On the other side, the retreat of the besiegers made the Dutch very dissatisfied.

When Constantine saw the soldiers running back from all over the mountains, he couldn't help but put down the clairvoyant mirror and cursed, "Damn it! "I don't know if he scolded the defenders in the city, or the defeated Sultanate's soldiers.

On Nanyang Island, because of the abundant sunshine, it can be said that there is no autumn and winter, and the products are extremely abundant, there are endless melons and fruits picked in the mountains and woods, and there are endless seafood caught in the sea.

Such a living environment allows the people living here to meet their basic survival needs without putting in too much effort, and after a long time, these people will develop a sense of inertia.

They don't want to improve their lives, and they don't want to reclaim more land, and even more so to fight.

Wood Hauswell also put down the clairvoyant mirror, looked at the soldiers of the Sultanate, retreated from the city, and said angrily: "If there are five thousand Dutch soldiers, I will definitely not rely on these natives!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and ordered: "Order, continue the shelling until the city wall collapses." If the city falls, they can't "storm the city, and the company will sell them to Batavia as slaves!" ”

The failure of the siege made the Dutch very unhappy, but they never meant to let the Dutch climb the city directly, because they actually knew in their hearts that their advantage was only a weapon, and the advantage of this weapon was not particularly huge.

Of course, they didn't think that the defenders were very strong, but because there were few Dutch, and each of them came from across the ocean, it was impossible for them to be consumed in the siege, so Wood preferred to wait a little longer for the cannonballs to collapse the walls before attacking.

The soldiers of the Sultanate were not strong enough to fight a brutal battle, and more than 20,000 people could only be temporarily stationed outside the city.

The camps in the Sultanate were much cleaner than those of the Dutch, because of their religious beliefs, which focused on personal cleanliness.

The Dutch camp was a mess, with little bathing, savage drinking and eating meat, and the screams of women could be heard from time to time, unaware of the impending danger.

The walls of Phnom Penh were not strong, and the collapse of thirty cannons was carried out in a day or two, and the Dutch were looking forward to this day.

While Wood and the others were waiting for the city to fall, the commander of the Dutch fleet, Kauu, sent someone to deliver the news that the Dutch ships monitoring the port of Champa had found four or five hundred sea-going ships crossing the sea into the city, and it was said that 30,000 troops had been brought in.

Under the tent propped up by four wooden poles, Wood was pacing back and forth with his hands in his hands, his eyes glancing at the map on the table, on which he had drawn an arrow with a pen, from Canton to Champ.

The Ming Dynasty actually organized an army to cross the sea so quickly, and although he firmly believed that the Netherlands was invincible, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

After all, with the ability of the Netherlands, it is not easy to transport 30,000 troops over such a long distance, and for the Netherlands, which has a population of more than 2 million, the Ming Dynasty dispatched 30,000 troops at once, which made him still a little frightened.

Just as Wood was thinking, Constantine suddenly came over and said in a loud voice, "Your Excellency, our people have found the Ming people on the west bank of the Mekong River. ”

(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Barbies)

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