Chapter 248: The Dragon City Army Vs. The Elephant Soldiers

The capital of Pyu Kingdom, Naypyitaw.

King Mang Yinglong of Piao Kingdom has received a letter from the special envoy sent by Emperor Murongfu of Nanzhao, saying that he has set off for Naypyitaw with Nanzhao's elite troops and will arrive in the next few days.

Speaking of the relationship between King Mang Yinglong of Piao State and Emperor Murongfu of Nanzhao, we have to start with the establishment of the Dongxu Dynasty of Piao State.

Mang Yinglong, who was the king of Piao State at that time, was originally the brother-in-law and confidant of King Mang Tirui of Toungoo. In his early years, he had been following King Toungoo in the north and south, and made great military exploits.

At that time, Pyu State was full of domestic political power and powerful forces. The power of King Mang Tirui of Toungoo was considered to be a relatively large one, and the territory of Piao State under its control was also the largest.

However, after the assassination of King Mangtirui of Toungoo, the Toungoo dynasty he established was on the verge of disintegration.

At that time, Mang Yinglong, who was less than thirty years old, was unable to control the situation after King Toungoo's death. It was Murong Fu, then King of Pingxi of the Great New Dynasty, who took the initiative and sent a large army to assist Mang Yinglong in stabilizing the chaotic situation. ;

And, in the end, he single-handedly helped Mang Yinglong ascend to the position of king of Piao Kingdom.

The Pyu Kingdom naturally became a vassal state of the Great New Dynasty, and paid tribute to the Great New Dynasty of gold, silver, jade and rare treasures every year.

After Murong Fu proclaimed himself emperor, Mang Yinglong also announced that the Piao Kingdom would break away from the vassal state of the Daxin Dynasty and become a loyal follower of the Nanzhao regime.

Therefore, after learning that his benefactor Murong Fu was in trouble, King Mang Yinglong of the Piao Kingdom decided to help him without hesitation, and even sent the most elite elephant soldiers of the Piao Kingdom to help in the battle.

In Murongfu and Mang Yinglong's plan, they adopted the strategy of luring the enemy in-depth and leading Longcheng's southern expeditionary army to fight within the territory of Piao State, so that the Xiang soldiers could occupy the right time, place and people.

Because of this, Nanzhao Emperor Murongfu took the initiative to abandon the capital Dali.

The book returns to its true story.

Murongfu and his entourage arrived at Naypyitaw, the capital of the Pyu Kingdom, three days later. King Mang Yinglong personally brought the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty out of the city to greet him. In order to welcome the emperor of the suzerain country, he gave Emperor Murongfu of Nanzhao, who had fled for refuge, a treat. Hospitality of the highest standard.

"My lord, Mang Yinglong, together with all the civil and military officials of Piao, bows to the great emperor of the suzerain country. I wish the great emperor long live, long live, long live!"

"Long live, long live, long live the great emperor!"

All the accompanying civil and military officials of Piao State knelt down and kowtowed three times and bowed nine times to Murongfu.

This scene moved the exiled Nanzhao Emperor Murongfu deeply.

He hurried forward and personally lifted up Mang Yinglong, the king of Piao Kingdom, and said with tears in his eyes: "Since ancient times, true love has always been seen in times of adversity;"

"The king of Piao State treats each other with great courtesy and true love, which makes me deeply moved!"

"I have decided that from today on, the relationship between the two countries will no longer be that of a suzerain and a tributary state, but that they will be equal brothers. From today on, I and the king of Mang will also treat each other as brothers!"

After saying that, Murongfu took Mang Yinglong's hand and said sincerely: "How many years older am I, and I regard myself as an elder brother. I wonder what my virtuous brother wants?"

Mang Yinglong was flattered and said: "Thanks to the great emperor's wrong love, Yinglong can't get what he wants!"

Ha ha!

Murong Fu laughed heartily and said: "That's very good. Then you and I, brothers, will make a blood alliance today in front of hundreds of civil and military officials from the two countries and become brothers with different surnames!"

Mang Yinglong raised his hand and said firmly: "How dare you disobey your orders!"

Immediately afterwards, Murongfu and Mang Yinglong held a simple sworn ceremony under the capital of Piao Kingdom, Neibidu, in front of the civil and military officials of the two countries. The two parties formed a blood alliance and became brothers with different surnames.

Speaking of which, for a small country in Southeast Asia like Piao, the awe and worship of the Central Plains dynasty is innate, and it is a genetic memory engraved in the bones.

Therefore, King Mang Yinglong of the Piao Kingdom had no resistance at all when faced with the request of Emperor Murongfu of Nanzhao to form a blood alliance and become brothers with different surnames.

Even in the eyes of Piao's civil and military ministers, it was Piao's highest honor to be brothers with different surnames from the great emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Although, the great emperor of the Nanzhao regime was already an empty frame at this time, a puppet so weak that he needed the protection of Piao State.

However, this did not affect the deep-seated awe and worship of the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty by the kings and ministers of Piao State.

Because of this, Emperor Murongfu of Nanzhao, who was now in exile and trying to regain his country with the help of Piao's military power, took the initiative to form a blood alliance with Mang Yinglong.

This is also a way to win people's hearts!

After Murong Fu and Mang Yinglong became brothers with different surnames, the royal family members and civil and military ministers who fled from Nanzhao Kingdom also lived in Naypyidou, the capital of Piao Kingdom.

Murong Fu and Mang Yinglong were not idle either, and went to inspect the elite elephant soldiers of Piao Kingdom without stopping.

There are only a small number of elite elephant soldiers in the Pyu Kingdom. There are more than 3,000 people in total, and 1,000 well-trained adult elephants. Their role is probably equivalent to the iron pagoda among the Dragon City soldiers and horses. They are mainly used to attack the enemy. Square fighting formation.

In front of the tall elephants weighing several tons, even the Dragon City Iron Pagoda with both men and horses wearing heavy armor seemed a bit too small.

Murongfu, the emperor of Nanzhao, knew about the existence of the Piao elephant army.

But he didn't expect that this elephant troop would be so large in number.

Therefore, when he saw the neatly arranged elephant soldiers at the Pyu State Elephant Soldier Camp outside Naypyitaw, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked.

Mu Rongfu said with emotion: "Brother, with the assistance of your elephant troops of the Pyu Kingdom, plus the 20,000 elite soldiers I brought back from the Nanzhao Kingdom, we will definitely catch the Longcheng army off guard;"

"After I recover the lost land, you can take the gold, silver, jewelry and women in the city. I will not take any of the military equipment and food of the Longcheng bandit army. I will leave them all to you;"

"This is a small token of my gratitude for your timely assistance and helping me recover Nanzhao!"

Wen The King of Pyu, Mang Yinglong, smiled and replied: "In that case, I will obey your orders and follow your arrangements!"

"Report--"

Just when one of them was dreaming of restoring the country and the other was dreaming of getting rich, the messenger of Pyu hurried to the elephant camp and reported to Mang Yinglong urgently:

"Your Majesty, the scouts of the front army reported that the vanguard of the Longcheng army has entered the territory of our Pyu and is searching for the capital Naypyidaw!"

Oh?

Upon hearing the news, Mu Rongfu and Mang Yinglong both raised their eyebrows. After looking at each other, Mu Rongfu said, "Chang Yuchun is chasing us so closely!"

"I just arrived in Naypyidaw, and the vanguard of the Longcheng bandit army has crossed the border!"

Mang Yinglong continued, "Brother, the Longcheng bandit army is eager to die!"

Then, he waved his hand and said, "Come here, pass on my order, the elephant troops will set out immediately, rush to the front line to join forces with the brother troops of Nanzhao Kingdom, and fight the enemy together;"

"I want to see whether the cavalry of the Longcheng bandit army is stronger, or the elephant troops of my Pyu Kingdom are better!"

"I have received your order!"