Chapter 1864: The shock of the Baltic Dynasty
Once the war begins, there is no way to stop quickly, and the grudges between the two sides will become deeper and deeper. Neither the Tamils nor the Sinhalese can let go of their grudges. They will only kill more enemies to achieve the purpose of revenge.
At this time, the two sides are no longer simply fighting for interests, but more often because of hatred in their hearts. This hatred is like thorns on vines. Once a person falls into it, he will be entangled and tighter until he cannot get out of it.
The Song Dynasty was dragged into the quagmire because of its own interests. Of course, compared with the shirtless Sinhalla and Tamil, the person who fell into the quagmire had a complete set of protection.
Sinhala was the interests of the Song Dynasty, so Zhao Zhen sent the Fujian Navy to help, but this war had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty, and the dispute between the two forces had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty.
Even if he was deeply trapped in it, the Song Dynasty could escape calmly, and he just needed to take off his "mud clothes".
Therefore, the court officials of the Song Dynasty held an indifferent attitude towards sending troops to Sinhala this time. They fought if they could, and left if they couldn't. Everything was based on the interests of the Song Dynasty.
After all, no matter who occupied this island, it would have little impact on the Song Dynasty, because only the Song Dynasty in this world could eat such a large "cake" for a long time. Otherwise, what would happen if the Tamils occupied the island?
Don't they need to sell things?
The matter is simple, not much for the Song Dynasty, but it is a matter of life and death for Sinhala, and it is also a top priority for Zhao Zhen.
From the beginning, he valued Sinhala very much. The Song Dynasty had great advantages on the sea. The Sinhala, an island close to India, could become a springboard for the Song Dynasty. It played an important role in garrisoning troops on it, providing supplies or repairing the Song Dynasty's sea ships.
Once wars broke out between the Song Dynasty and the Indian Zhu, they could use their terrain to attack them.
Sinhalla is the later Sri Lanka. It is only a small strait from India, only 60 miles in total. It is an instant arrival for the ships of the Song Dynasty!
The order of the Rat Three to send troops to Sinhalla was also preparing for the future. A respectful and humble vassal state is much better than a foolish and arrogant neighbour.
Zhao Zhen was willing to help Sinhala, and even turned against Tianzhu directly. Moreover, nearly one million Tianzhu people in the Qilanfu Li National Prison were already working, and the Dongdu they produced would become goods from the Song Dynasty and sold to the world.
It can be said that the Song Dynasty had a safe source of labor, and the people of the Tianzhu were already ready to take the Qilan tribe for themselves.
This made Zhao Zhen admire the courage of the Indians. This was either a fantasy or something that happened in front of him.
Benda used Sinhala to shock the little girl, but he didn't expect that the little girl would bully him in the face. Zhao Zhen was worried that there was no excuse to use military force against Tianzhu, but he didn't expect that he would come to the door, so that he could strengthen his determination.
Zhao Zhen was originally planning to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. Tianzhu could fight or not, and mainly rushed to help Sinhala. Now, the people of Tianzhu gave Zhao Zhen the reason to fight, even if the country is big, it will fight for an inch of land.
The territory of the Song Dynasty would never be compromised, nor could it be compromised. Emperor Zhenzong once compromised, but when he arrived at Zhao Zhen, he could never compromise again. He wanted to let future generations understand that every inch of land was valuable to the Song Dynasty.
Since Tianzhu had already reached the Qilan tribe, they had to let them know the strength of the Song Dynasty.
It seems that they have been attacking the refugees in India, but the damage of the refugees in India and their description of the combat power of the Song Dynasty did not touch the rulers of the Polo dynasty, nor did they see the power of the Song Dynasty.
The fleet of Mouse III was very fast, and within five days after leaving Wucha Port, he could see the coast of Sinhala from afar, which also put an end to this distant voyage.
However, on the other side, Tianzhu was the beginning of his understanding of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's attacks on Wucha Port and Wucha City were spread to the Polo court.
This is the sudden news, which is the most deadly news for the entire Polo dynasty. How could the navy of the Song Dynasty suddenly appear in Wucha Port and destroy Wucha City at the same time?
When the news just arrived, many people thought it was the Sharma family who were crazy. How could the Song Dynasty suddenly launch an attack on Wuchagang? If it was really used to attack Tianzhu, it would be better to send troops from the Yunnan Road of the Song Dynasty.
But the person who reported the news clearly stated that all this was seen by someone with his own eyes, and described the terrifying power of the Great Song Dynasty warships and the terrifying power of destroying the world.
Although the person who reported the news did not see it with his own eyes, he heard it from the mouths of Charles and Gupta. These two people escaped from the harbor and would not be false. They even said that such a description was not even half as good as the real situation of the war.
"You can't believe all the words of Shudra."
The noble courtier raised doubts to Nayepolo. In his opinion, no matter how powerful the Song army was, it could not be as terrifying as the devil in mythology.
The person who reported the news smiled bitterly: "Master Matal swore in the name of the Sharma family of Kshatriya caste that the army of the Song Dynasty was as invincible as a devil. Their soldiers and mounts were covered with iron armor, and the war horses could even make loud noises like battles when they ran. The soldiers were all extremely powerful, able to fight well, and had extraordinary martial arts!"
The Xiepolu looked at the informant and suddenly asked, "How many people are there in the Song army?"
"There are about three or four thousand infantry soldiers with about eight hundred men!"
As the high castes around the news broke out, the courtier who had just spoken pointed at the news broke and said, "There are nearly a thousand soldiers in Wucha City, plus those untouchables and Shudra, the Vayas were equipped with tens of thousands, but they were actually broken through the city gate by only 800 people?"
"That's right, it's not that your master was scared by the banner of Song Jun, right?"
"It's not certain whether it's the Song army! Maybe it's a robber..."
The court officials obviously didn't believe that Wucha City had been broken through the city gate by only 800 cavalrymen. The informant smiled bitterly in his heart. What if the 800 cavalrymen were told that they directly entered the city gate and captured the master in the street?
But when everyone was making noise, there was only one person who didn't speak in the palace. This person was Kumaratan, a wise man from Nalanda Temple. He had been to the Song Dynasty and had seen the army of the Song Dynasty.
Nayepolo looked at Kumaratan curiously and said, "I don't know what do you think, wise?"
"I have seen the army of the Song Dynasty. It is indeed as powerful as he said, and it is even more powerful! Otherwise, how can I destroy Dali and Xixia? How can I make the huge Liao Dynasty disappear? How can I make the Seljuks surrender?"
Chapter completed!