Chapter 273: Plotting against the royal family and conquering Zhenla!
“If Your Majesty really has the heart of a powerful ruler, he should be dissatisfied with those behind the royal family by now.”

“Sister Bao, keep Zhongshun for now. He might be useful in the future!”

Jia Cong thought for a moment and added a sentence.

The innate gods have clear grudges.

When Shinto was just starting out, it was Emperor Shunde who provided Jia Cong with all kinds of conveniences and assistance.

But it’s not the people behind the royal family!

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真腊
Angkor Thom

The ancient city with a long history is now filled with the smoke of war.

Sui Maoxiang led an army of 150,000 and landed in southern Annan.

After leaving the navy to sweep away the remaining Annan navy at sea, they headed westward.

They easily conquered several cities in succession, and after more than half a month, they finally reached the city of Angkor, the capital of Zhenla.

At this moment, the city wall had been lost, and only about 3,000 defeated soldiers were left besieging the palace.

“Jie Jie Jie!”

“It is a great honor to be able to send my two junior brothers off to heaven today!”

“I will ask again, King of Zhenla, are you willing to surrender?”

Above the sky, endless ghost energy gathered into clouds, and the face of Huici, the Great Marshal of Yiling Zhaowu Heavenly Ghost, appeared in the midst of the clouds.

King Dazan I of Zhenla looked at the horrific vision in the sky in despair.

The ghost’s face looked kind, but gave people a chilling feeling.

Amid the rolling black clouds, a faint golden light was clearly visible beyond the bodies of two monks who died with their eyes open.

Zhenla was once a tyrant in Southeast Asia and occupied a large amount of Siamese land.

However, it has become weaker over the past hundred years and is only slightly stronger than Laos.

The country is weak, with less than 100,000 combat-capable soldiers.

After learning about Daqian’s southern expedition, Dazan I became unable to sleep or eat.

Hurry and send people to Tianzhu for help!
A huge amount of money was spent and two coastal cities were ceded to India to serve as ports.

Only then did they invite two Brahman masters who were half a step away from the fifth realm.

As a result, after the Daqian army arrived at the city, it took only one hour for the two Brahman masters to be killed.

The Zhenla Kingdom had worshipped the spirit of the country, which was in the early fourth realm, but was suppressed by Huici like an ant.

Both princes had died in the battle.

There are 150,000 elite troops outside the palace!
The 3,000 defenders in the palace were in low spirits and most of them were injured.

Thinking of this, Dazan Yishi helplessly put down the weapon in his hand.

“Zhenla is willing to surrender!”

……

A moment later, the palace gate opened.

The army completely took over Zhenla.

“Thank you for your help, sir!”

Seeing Huici falling, Sui Maoxiang hurried forward to express his gratitude respectfully.

“You’re welcome. I’m here on the orders of the Young Master!”

“Young Master asked me to bring a message to the general.”

“The imperial court has already dispatched two additional armies, led by Zhang Yuan and Zhongshun, to attack Burma and Siam respectively.”

“After Zhenla is pacified, the Zhenla Protectorate will be established here, and the general will be the Protector General!”

“Officials and dignitaries from all over the country, leave a small number of them to govern the local areas and eradicate the rest!”

“All monks are ordered to return to secular life, and the temple is sealed, waiting for the young master to send someone to take over!”

“Anyone who disobeys will be put to death!”

“Before New Year’s Day, we will focus on stabilizing the situation in Zhenla and will not mobilize troops on a large scale.”

Huici put her hands together with a kind look in her eyes.

But the words that came out were murderous.

“This general will obey the commander’s order!”

Sui Maoxiang was stared at by Huici, and he couldn’t help feeling a chill in his heart, as if his life was no longer in his control.

Quickly bow and accept the order.

The political system of Zhenla was that under the king there were five central ministers, and other ministers assisted in handling state affairs.

There is a general in each place to take charge of local government affairs.

All ministers, officials and commanders were relatives of the Zhenla royal family.

Power was extremely concentrated. After the establishment of the Grand Protectorate, in order to maintain stability, a large-scale purge of the Zhenla royal family was inevitable.

……

After the capitals of Annan and Zhenla were captured and the royal families surrendered.

The Annan Protectorate and the Zhenla Protectorate were established.

Ma Shang and Sui Maoxiang were appointed as Grand Protector of the Protectorate respectively.

The two armies cleared out the resistance forces in various places and wiped out most of the resistance forces in the two countries in less than two months.

The flag of Daqian was hoisted in all the cities.

Only a few stubborn elements were left and they were forced to retreat to the deep mountains and forests.

But it can no longer stir up any waves.

The old class and ruling structures of the two countries were broken and reshaped.

The Grand Protectorate established various prefectures according to its jurisdiction, and all of them were headed by local wealthy and powerful families.

In this way, the interests of these people were tied to those of the Protectorate.

If there are any more resistance forces, the first thing they will face is the attack from their former compatriots.

Until November.

Nan’an City was renamed from Thang Long City.

“Cong’er, the development of Shintoism in Annan and Zhenla is already on the right track.”

“The framework of the county town god’s office in each county has been established. All that’s left is to collect incense and offerings.”

Annan Protectorate Back Office

Miaoyu, who had just returned from Zhenla, reported to Jia Cong on the development of Shintoism in the two places.

The army only brought two months’ worth of food and fodder when it went out to sea, and it had long since been used up.

The rest were all collected locally in Annan and Zhenla.

The climate in Southeast Asia is mild, and grain can be harvested three times a year, which is enough to meet the daily consumption of the army.

However, the people in the two places could no longer survive until the next harvest after a large amount of food was confiscated.

At this time, Miaoyu brought the evil-killing army and a large number of people borrowed from the Xue family to open porridge stalls in various places.

Although distributing porridge and food could not accumulate merit, the development of Shintoism was accelerated several times.

Not only that, when the army captured cities, it also captured a large number of ghosts.

After being transformed into ghost soldiers, Jia Cong’s third ghost army, the Zhenman Army, was also completed.

The spirit of the Zhenla Kingdom was transformed by Jia Cong and conferred as the fourth ghost general.

Named Pingyi Guishuai!
His strength is at the early stage of the fourth realm, similar to that of the Demon-Dangling Demon Marshal.

The fourth ghost army, the Pingyi Army, also began to be established.

……

“Thank you for your hard work, Sister Miaoyu.”

After listening to Miaoyu’s report, Jia Cong gently took Miaoyu’s hand.

“Nothing is hard!”

Miaoyu shook her head, feeling that all the hard work over the past two months was worth it.

“By the way, Cong’er, I heard that the two southern expeditionary armies led by Kaiyuan Xionggui and Zhongshun in the east are progressing smoothly.”

“Aren’t we going to take action?”

After a while of tenderness, Miaoyu brought up another important matter.

“We don’t have to do anything. We just have to sit back and watch the show.”

Jia Cong showed a faint smile on his face, looking like he was waiting to see a good show.

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暹罗
“Report, report to the commander-in-chief!”

“Thirty miles ahead is Siam Dacheng!”

“The city gates are tightly closed and heavily guarded!”

An army of more than 200,000 strong and young men marched in a mighty force.

Prince Zhongshun was dressed in military uniform and riding on a horse.

Behind him were more than twenty royal relatives, imperial concubines and other officials, also wearing armor.

Looking at the armies in front and behind him, and listening to the news reported by the scouts.

I couldn’t help but feel a sense of high spirits.

Everyone, regarding Zhenla, this time should actually be the Phnom Penh Dynasty, but the author does not know whether the word Phnom Penh will trigger the blocking of the review keywords, after all, it is still in use now. Some settings in the book can use ancient names as much as possible, and I will not explain it separately later.

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