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Before Yang Yi's fleet could be replenished, a major news came from the opposite Sriwijaya that King Zhanbei had fallen ill and died.

Zhanbei had three sons, the eldest son Putuo, the second son Puluo, and the third son Puying.

The king of the three Buddhas has a golden crown of one hundred treasures, very heavy, every time the court will wear, this golden crown of one hundred treasures is also a symbol of the power of the three Buddhas, when the Zen is transmitted, then the princes are gathered in one place, witnessed by the hundred officials, and the princes are awarded the golden crown of one hundred treasures, and the prince who can afford the weight of the golden crown of the hundred treasures will pass on the throne.

This time was no exception, when the time limit was approaching, Zhanbei summoned Pu Tuo, Pu Luo, and Pu Ying to the hospital bed together, and first asked the eldest son Pu Tuo to try on the Hundred Treasures Golden Crown, but Pu Tuo could not bear the weight of the Hundred Treasures Golden Crown.

Then it was the turn of the second son, Puluo, who also couldn't afford it.

In the end, the third son Puying, who was in the prime of life, held on, and in this way, the throne of the Three Buddhas passed to the third son Puying.

Pu Ying is the youngest and has to pass on the throne, so it is inevitable that he is worried that his two elder brothers will not be convinced, and according to the news from Bolin State, after Pu Ying ascended the throne, he immediately ordered the people to cut his hair into clothes and hold a national funeral, and at the same time left his two elder brothers in Bolin State to mourn;

At the same time, he sent someone to report the funeral to the Great Song Dynasty and asked the Great Song Dynasty to be canonized.

There is also the order to cast a statue with gold, because the Three Buddhas also have a custom, every time a king stands, he will first cast a gold statue to replace his body and enshrine it on the gold and silver mountain.

Puying is very busy, and Sriwijaya has a large territory, including the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and part of Kalimantan, with a total of 15 states.

Pu Ying's eldest brother Pu Tuo's fief is in the Malay Peninsula, and the second brother Pu Luo's fief is in Kalimantan. There was nothing he could do to stop it.

Because for two years, Mataran on the island of Java. The three kingdoms of Taruna and Keyiri united to wage war against Sriwijaya, and the weapons of the three countries became more and more sophisticated. Sriwijaya still occupied a state at the western tip of the island of Java, but now it has been lost;

The Mataran Triple Alliance has counterattacked on Sumatra, and the naval battles between the two sides are continuous, at this time, if the two elder brothers in the Malay Peninsula and Kalimantan Island are dissatisfied with the throne falling to his younger brother and break up, how can he stop it?

Therefore, he could only forcibly keep his two elder brothers in Bolinbang, which meant house arrest.

In the Singapore branch of the West Indian Ocean Trading Company. Yang Yi, Le Tao, Shi Ran, Meng Yunshan and other military palaces above the battalion level sat together.

Le Tao and Shi Ran are the chief and deputy brigade commanders, and in addition to Yang Yi, they are the supreme commanders of the 3,000 men and horses on this expedition.

Le Tao spoke first: "Captain, the situation in Sriwijaya is unstable, it is the best time for us to intervene, please give the captain an order." ”

Yang Yi shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, the situation in Sriwijaya is turbulent, in fact, it will do more harm than good to us, a political stability." The three Buddhas who are able to make the line accessible, as long as we control the Bolin State and the Puying, we can control the entire Three Buddhas;

But if the Three Buddhas are torn apart. Ordered to go out of several gates, we don't have many troops, and it is unlikely that we will attack everywhere. On the contrary, it is troublesome. And a three-pjaya where the smoke is everywhere and the people are not living well is not conducive to our dumping of goods. There are not many benefits to be squeezed, therefore. Not only should we not add chaos to the Three Buddhas, but on the contrary, we should try our best to ensure that the Three Buddhas do not cause chaos. ”

Shi Ran said: "Then let's sit back and wait for Pu Ying to control the situation in Srivijaya before we do it?" ”

"On the contrary, I suspect that Pu Ying is not capable of controlling the situation at all, so we have to help him control it as soon as possible, we can't wait now, we want to enter the Bolin State with lightning speed, and control Pu Ying, Pu Tuo, and Pu Luo together, this is the so-called coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and whoever dares to make trouble in the local area will send troops to recruit in the name of Pu Ying, so it will be much easier."

"The captain has a point."

"Pass the order, let everyone speed up the supply, and let's send troops to Bolin State."

"Whoa." Officers of all ranks stood up in unison and saluted, and left in a hurry.

This time, there were 3,000 Yang family troops and 800 servant troops. There are also six gunboats, equipped with a total of 30 artillery pieces and 500 flintlock guns, which is all the belongings that Yang Yi got together a few days ago, these weapons are all cast in the Kagoshima shipyard according to the drawing data of the Great Song Dynasty Military Products Supervisor, the scale there cannot be compared with the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervisor, and in order to ensure quality, the output is limited, so it can only be slowly equipped.

At present, these weapons will not be used in Nanyang unless they are a last resort, so as not to spread the news back to the Great Song Dynasty. Like those gunboats, they have never docked, including the eldest princess of the Qin State and others, who are traveling with them, do not know that there are gunboats in the fleet.

This time, Yang Yi naturally wanted to leave the eldest princess of Qin, Qing Niang, and Adella in Xingjiapo, and he finally persuaded the third daughter to stay for the time being.

The sea giant was also temporarily anchored in the port of Singapore, and the flagship was still a pure merchant ship, not suitable for combat.

At present, the ships that are really used for combat are those thousand material ships, and at the beginning of the construction of these thousand material ships, most of the data were designed according to the battleship, and there were strict requirements for speed, and later they went to Kagoshima to renovate. Now it is a veritable battleship.

With a 2,000-material ship as the flagship, Yang Yi led a total of five 2,000-material and 29-thousand-material ships to set sail from Singapore and kill all the way east along the northern route of Sumatra.

Judging from the information obtained by Yang Yi, the people of Srivijaya are more accustomed to water and land warfare, the king has a conquest, and he is dispatched at any time, led by a chieftain, and prepares his own weapons, grain and grass, which is quite like the government military system of the Tang Dynasty.

Its country does not mint money, mainly in gold, silver, silk and silk transactions, the Great Song Dynasty copper coins in the Three Buddhas can also be used. The country has its own Tibetan script, but Sriwijaya officials also learn Chinese script, and use Chinese script when they report to the Central Plains Dynasty.

Moreover, Yang Yi also found out that there is a wire to block the mouth of the Moxi River in the Bangka Strait, which is mainly used to guard against pirates and enemy warships in peacetime.

The capital city of Srivijaya is located on the bank of the middle reaches of the Moxi River, and now the mouth of the river is blocked by iron cables, which is quite unfavorable to Yang Yi's side. This time, he planned to swim upstream from the Moxi River and quickly take control of its capital, Bolimbang. If it is blocked at the mouth of the Moxi River, I am afraid that things will become complicated.

After the fleet passed through the Linga Islands. Began to turn the rudder south, heading straight for the Bangka Strait.

Yang Yi once again summoned officials above the battalion level to discuss countermeasures, and Le Tao first proposed: "Captain, judging from the current situation, there are many islands, reefs and shoals in the Bangka Strait, and it is too dangerous for the fleet to enter at night; The Sriwijaya army guarding both ends of the barrage was no more than a hundred people, and the last general thought that he could send a small team to take the form of a night attack to seize control of the iron cable at the mouth of the Moxi River first. Wait until dawn before the fleet enters the Moxi River to ensure safety. ”

Shi Ran thought about it and agreed with Le Tao's strategy, Yang Yi also felt that it was feasible, so he said to Meng Yunshan: "Battalion Commander Meng, when the time comes, you will take a hundred people to launch a night attack in a small boat, our fleet is huge, it is difficult to hide your whereabouts, and the Three Buddhas will definitely know in advance." It's just that it's hard for them to determine our purpose for a while, but I think they will always take some precautions in advance, and you should also be mentally prepared for a night attack with people, and consider your tactics more thoroughly. If our purpose is exposed and we fail to seize control of the iron cable, then we will blame our military law. ”

Meng Yunshan stood up and gave a military salute. Hong Sheng replied: "Captain, rest assured, if you can't complete the task successfully. The last general is willing to be court-martialed. ”

"Well, let's get ready."

"Whoa!"

Yang Yi ordered to control the speed as much as possible. So that when the fleet reached the Bangka Strait, it was just nightfall. The big ship anchored at sea and waited, while Meng Yunshan led a hundred men and horses to sail to the mouth of the Moxi River in a small boat.

Although the wind at sea is not strong, it is affected by the tides, and the waves in the Bangka Strait are one or two feet high at this time, and such waves have little impact on the big boats, but they have a great impact on the small boats they are riding in Mengyun Mountain;

Fortunately, Meng Yunshan and others had practiced naval battles in Kagoshima, and such waves would not stump them. Several small boats, paddled by the crowd, sped towards the mouth of the Moxi River in the night.

The two sides of the Moxi River are mostly plains and swamps, the forest is dense, there are few mountains, and the two barrage iron cables are only two small hills, Mengyun Mountain divides a hundred people and horses into two, and leans towards the mountain bags on both sides of the riverbank.

The army of this era basically did not practice night fighting, but for the Yang family, night combat was one of the main training subjects. Meng Yunshan and the others easily touched the small hill, there were several barracks built on the side of the mountain and the river, and there was a guard tower in front of the courtyard, on which the wind lanterns were still lit. The two police guards were talking without a word.

In order to ensure that it was correct, Meng Yunshan asked ten of his men with the best archery skills to prepare, and when he gave the order to release the arrows, the ten arrows were fired in unison, only a few pops, and the two guards on the guard tower were each divided into five arrows, and they were almost shot like hedgehogs.

Solve the police post, and the rest will be much easier. According to the requirements of previous training, a group of three, with archers, knife hands, and grenadiers, cooperated with each other to touch the barracks, all of them moved quickly and lightly, and landed silently, like ghosts in the night.

Each group has its own division of labor, some guard the window, some are ready to break the door, and some are responsible for blocking the attack, and they are not careless because there is no reaction in the room.

Meng Yunshan pushed lightly and found that the door was not up, but only hidden, probably because the nearby pirates had not yet reached the climate and had not attacked here, so the defenders were so lax.

The snoring in the room was like thunder, and the knives of Meng Yunshan and the others were painted black, without the slightest reflection in the night, and when they entered the room one by one, the defenders lying in two rows inside had not even noticed.

Meng Yunshan made a gesture to let his men touch them one by one, covering the mouth and nose of the sleeping defender with one hand, and swiping the dagger on the neck of the other hand at the same time. Half of the defenders were thus silently disposed of.

Half of it was left, but the rest of the people were awakened by the violent struggle of an enemy soldier before he died.

Meng Yunshan and the others in charge of wiping their necks immediately withdrew as agreed, and the archers who had already prepared on the outside immediately fired arrows and shot at the defenders who had just risen.

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(To be continued......)