After the Great Zhou Kingdom lost Yunnan-Guizhou and Guangxi, its territory was still vast, including Annam, Champong, Nanzhang, Chenla, Siam and other places, that is, including all the land in the Indochina Peninsula except for Burma and Malaysia.

However, among these lands, only Vietnam and Laos were directly controlled by the Great Zhou, and many areas in the south were supported by local forces to assist in the rule.

This state is a bit similar to the Jin State supporting the pseudo-Chu and pseudo-Qi after the Northern Song Dynasty conquered the Northern Song Dynasty.

Sun Kewang used them to rule the various ethnic groups of Indochina to buffer the contradictions between them and the Han Chinese, and through these puppet regimes, he obtained a large amount of wealth and human and material resources for the Han people.

He used these resources to develop places such as Annam and Nanzhang under his direct control, and after years of suppression and management by the Han people, the social order gradually stabilized, the people's anti-Han sentiment eased, and the local areas were highly sinicized and the foundation was solid, and then he set out to abolish the next puppet regime.

The Great Zhou stationed troops in the territory of these puppet regimes, interfered in politics, and demanded huge amounts of coins, and in order to meet the demands of the Great Zhou, these puppets often expropriated and extorted money and were unpopular with the people.

When the Great Zhou wanted to abolish them, the local people of all ethnic groups would not support the puppet regime, but would thank the Great Zhou.

At this time, there were mainly two puppets of the Great Zhou, one was the Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam, and the other was the Kingdom of Zhenla.

The Zhou army plus the strength of the two puppet regimes totaled nearly 300,000 people, while Donghu only had 150,000 people, and the Malacca Khanate in the south only had more than 10,000 people, and the Zhou army could indeed fight.

After consulting with the ministers, Sun Kewang immediately made a decision, made a plan, decided to attack Malacca, and designed to deal with Donghu.

In the early morning, a torrential rain came unexpectedly, and the bead-like heavy rain hit the dense woods.

This is the southern tip of the Indochina Peninsula, a narrow strip of land, an army of more than 20,000 men, marching in the hot and humid jungle, each soldier carrying a hat, completely ignoring the heavy rain pouring south.

The general at the head of this army was none other than Ainengqi, and Sun Kewang gave him an order to lead 20,000 elite soldiers to the south along the peninsula to conquer the Malacca region.

The Great Zhou State ruled the occupied area, adopting a system similar to that of the Jin State to conquer Meng'an, and the Mongol household of Mongols to manage multiple Han households, which could control large areas of land with a small number of troops, and once the army occupied one place, it could obtain huge benefits.

Inspired by the benefits, 20,000 Zhou troops marched forward and slaughtered the Khanate of Malacca.

The Zhou army has been active in Southeast Asia for seven or eight years, and the Han people who moved into Southeast Asia are mainly Han people from Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangzhou, and the original climate of survival is similar to that of Southeast Asia, and they have gradually adapted to the climate, and they are no longer as easy to fall ill as at the beginning.

At this time, after many days of marching, the forward of the Zhou army arrived at Kelantan, an important town in the north of Malacca.

From the Song Dynasty, maritime trade gradually emerged, and the Tianfang people in Central Asia, with developed navigation technology, came to trade in the Song Dynasty.

They came from the sea, passed through Malacca and some parts of Southeast Asia, and spread the Celestial Religion, gradually influencing the southern tip of the Indochina Peninsula and various islands in the sea.

Previously, the Great Zhou was mainly active in the northern and central regions of the Indochina Peninsula, where Confucianism and Buddhism were practiced, and this was the first time that the Zhou army entered the sphere of influence of the Tianfang Sect.

In the early morning, the rain that had been tyrannical all night finally stopped, and the sky was cloudless and blue.

In the dense forest, a city appeared in front of the eyes of the Zhou army scouts, and the houses were scattered everywhere, and a white house with a dome in the middle was very conspicuous.

It is said to be a city, but it is actually a large town, without walls, and in the morning people get up, and men in hats and women in turbans are going to the domed house, and to the sound of bells, praying wholeheartedly.

The atmosphere throughout the city was calm and peaceful, and after the people had finished praying, they were ready to go about their work.

At this time, in the woods not far from the city, an army full of murderous aura was silently attacking, like a pack of hungry wolves approaching their prey.

The crowd that came out of the city in the early morning was walking out, when suddenly there was a "whoosh" sound, and a sharp arrow struck, directly hitting a person in the throat, causing him to cover his throat and fall to the ground.

"Kill!" Ai Nengqi roared angrily, and the soldiers of Zhou, who were holding rattan long knives, rushed out of the jungle with a roar, like an ape, and quickly entered the city.

The residents of the city were unprepared, the cries in the city suddenly rose, men, women and children ran out of the room, running in all directions, the woods "bang" a gunshot, panicked residents, were mercilessly shot by the Zhou army.

The men in the city hurriedly picked up their weapons and prepared to fight hard, but they were far from being the opponents of the elite Zhou army, and they were killed by the Zhou army one after another, and the city was filled with blood and mist, and the corpses were everywhere, which was unbearable.

Inside the white-roofed house, there lived an imam, who was alarmed by the sudden shouts of killing, ran out of the house, and watched in horror as countless enemies rushed into the city and carried out merciless killing.

This is a few men, running over, panting and whispering: "Imam go quickly, it is the Zhou army who is here!" ”

The Zhou army fought without declaring war, and the imam's face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly fled south without caring for the slaughtered residents.

Sergeant Zhou found them and was about to chase them, but was stopped by Ai Nengqi, "Let them go!" ”

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In the capital of Burma, King Pindari frowned and looked at the letter from the King of Ayutthaya of Siam.

The Ayutthaya Dynasty of Siam was a puppet regime supported by the Great Zhou Empire, and the King of Ayutthaya wrote a letter to the King of Donghu, saying that the Great Zhou Kingdom was ready to abolish the King of Siam and rule Siam directly, and the King of Ayutthaya did not want to be abolished, so he hoped to unite with the King of Donghu to deal with the Great Zhou Empire.

In addition, the king of Ayutthaya also provided an important piece of information, the main force of the Zhou army marched south to Malacca, and the domestic army was empty.

"King, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don't hesitate any longer!" Bai Mang, the younger brother of the king of Donghu, said excitedly: "If we send troops now, we will definitely be able to defeat the Zhou army, recover the lost territory, and take revenge." ”

Bai Mang was obsessed with the failure of several years, and was bent on reviving the majesty of the Donghu Kingdom.

The king of Donghu said in a deep voice: "The Zhou army once saved the king of Dacheng, will Siam really betray the Zhou state?" ”

Bai Mang's brows furrowed, and he was not sure if the King of Dacheng really wanted to betray the Zhou Kingdom.

At this moment, a Donghu official walked in and said urgently: "Great King, the Malacca Khanate has sent envoys to ask for help, the Zhou army has captured Kelantan, besieged Pahang, and asked for reinforcements from our country." ”

Bai Mang suddenly became excited when he heard this, "King, send troops!" ”