Chapter 1033: Assisting in Battle!

"His Majesty is waiting for you to return." The attendant looked back, his expression tense, "You must leave quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

The current situation within the Siam Kingdom is very complex, and Emperor Songpa is very wary of General Bowei.

Over these years, due to the support of the Westerners, this General Bowei's influence in Siam has continuously expanded, even showing signs of faintly overshadowing Emperor Songpa.

If this continues to develop, there is no guarantee he will not hollow out Songpa and secretly control Siam.

This time, Emperor Songpa chose the Great Ba, and just as he said himself, it is a gamble.

If he wins the gamble, he can at least keep his position and authority; if he loses, it will only trigger Bowei's rebellion ahead of schedule.

"We will return."

Shang Yi nodded, led the Azure Dragon Army soldiers, and turned to leave.

Not long after Shang Yi left, Zongla appeared.

Seeing that the Great Ba envoys had disappeared, his expression turned gloomy.

Immediately, he came before the puzzled Maduoer, "Colonel Maduoer, General Bowei has made up his mind. Siam can no longer be ruled by the cowardly Songpa; he has decided to raise an army and rebel."

Upon hearing this, Maduoer's spirits lifted, and he said: "This is truly a gratifying choice; your choice will not be wrong."

Just a moment ago, he was still wondering why the Great Ba mission had suddenly left, but now he understood.

The people who came earlier must have been Songpa's men; they had revealed the news to the Great Ba mission.

Thinking of this, he felt a sense of regret.

His face still hurt quite a bit; if they hadn't run away, he would have personally slaughtered that envoy and the Great Ba soldiers he led.

"Of course, General Bowei and I both firmly believe that you Westerners will ultimately win the victory," Zongla laughed.

Pausing for a moment, he revealed a pleading look, "However, you also know that the Great Ba army is now on both the east and west sides of Siam. The Great Ba envoys have escaped, so war between Siam and Great Ba is inevitable. Therefore, I hope you can fight side-by-side with our General Bowei and send troops to Siam."

Although Bowei's influence is vast, it is not as if Songpa has no power to fight back at all.

Therefore, Bowei not only wants to use the Westerners to defeat the Great Ba people, but also wants to defeat Songpa and formally overthrow Songpa's rule.

"This..." Maduoer immediately showed a troubled expression.

Naturally, he did not have this authority; this matter needed to be reported to General Wesley.

But he guessed that General Wesley would most likely not agree to this.

Because it is nearly three thousand li from Singapore in Malacca to the Siam Capital City.

To cross such a distance to reach Siam and directly engage the Great Ba army in battle—unless they were crazy.

And by sea, their Steamships could indeed transport troops to Siam in just three days.

But because the Joint Fleet has too few Steamships, the force they could transport would not be large, which is equivalent to a drop in the bucket.

But he could not say this to Zongla's face, otherwise Bowei would likely think he had been abandoned by the Westerners and would no longer support them.

Now, he must stabilize Bowei and make him work for the Westerners.

As for whether to send troops, that would have to wait until he returned.

Thus, he said: "Of course, we will certainly send troops to help you. You may act boldly and wait for the arrival of our army."

Zongla listened, his face full of smiles.

With Maduoer's promise, he felt at ease.

Now, he could go back to report to Bowei and, from this moment on, formally raise an army to rebel and control the Siam Capital City.

While the two were talking, Shang Yi had already left the city and headed east.

At this moment, the Azure Dragon Army was stationed in Pobe City of Funanguo, two hundred kilometers away.

Due to the emergency, the group marched day and night, returning to Pobe City at noon on the third day.

At this time, Shang Yi and the soldiers were almost exhausted.

Seeing Qin Shan, he immediately reported the situation within Siam.

"This matter is not surprising, after all, the Westerners have been operating in Siam for decades," Qin Shan said.

Immediately, he looked toward the direction of the Siam Capital City, "There is no time to lose. Mu An, Guo Yong, you two follow me and lead the troops to set off immediately, heading to the Siam Capital City to help Songpa wipe out Bowei and other pro-Western forces.

Shang Yi, you can rest, and set off later."

"There is no need," Shang Yi said, "This subordinate can just ride a horse. This time, the First Army and Second Army fought all the battles on the southern expedition; it is time for our Third Army to fight."

Qin Shan smiled, "Good, then you shall be the vanguard this time."

Mu An and Guo Yong did not argue with Shang Yi, as what he said was the truth.

Upon hearing this, Shang Yi immediately felt the fatigue on his body vanish; he rushed out of the room to return to the main camp and muster the troops.

Mu An and Guo Yong also returned to their respective posts.

At this time, Qin Shan also ordered people to send reports of the diplomatic mission to Zhao Xu and Guan Tong respectively.

After an afternoon of preparation, the next day the Azure Dragon Army crossed the border between Funan and Siam and entered the Siam Kingdom.

To guard against them, the Siam Kingdom had deployed eighty thousand troops opposite Pobe.

Of the eighty thousand Siam soldiers, only over three thousand were equipped with Rifled Muskets; half of the remaining soldiers were equipped with Matchlocks, and the rest still held swords and spears.

Because Songpa was not very interested in marching north to crusade against Great Ba.

The Westerners did not gift them large quantities of firearms and Artillery as they did for Jiaozhi and Piaoman.

Even these few Rifled Muskets were specifically given by Wesley to Bowei's core troops.

Besides the three thousand Rifled Musket soldiers at the border, there were another three thousand Rifled Musket soldiers deployed in Bazin Prefecture, which was controlled by Bowei.

After the two armies encountered each other, Shang Yi was preparing to launch an attack.

At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of gunfire and artillery from the direction of the Siam army; it seemed they were fighting among themselves.

Shang Yi immediately realized that it must be a conflict between the army controlled by Songpa and the army controlled by Bowei.

Thus, he immediately ordered the scouts to conduct reconnaissance.

To establish contact with the army controlled by Songpa.

About half an hour later, the scout returned with news: "General, the twenty thousand troops controlled by Bowei are beating Songpa's sixty thousand troops into a steady retreat; they won't be able to hold on much longer. The firearms and artillery of Bowei's troops are much better than those of Songpa's."

He paused, then continued: "Currently, Bowei's army is in the Southwest, and Songpa's army is in the Northwest."

Shang Yi nodded and immediately shouted: "Third Army, attack toward the Southwest and annihilate these bastards from the flank."

Following his order, the commanders of the Third Army led their soldiers into the battlefield.

Skirmishers holding Qin-style Rifles cleared the way in front, with the Machine Gun Team following behind.

After marching about ten li, they arrived at the battlefield.

At this moment, soldiers in Bowei's army holding Rifled Muskets were lined up in a horizontal formation, firing at the opposing Songpa troops, who were also lined up and holding Flintlocks.

Under the Rifled Muskets of Bowei's army, Songpa's troops were unable to withstand a single blow, and large numbers of soldiers were dying continuously.

Seeing this, the Azure Dragon Army soldiers immediately aimed at Bowei's Rifled Musket soldiers, and the Machine Gun Team also readied themselves, pointing their muzzles toward them.

Everything was in position, and with a single command, the Qin-style Rifles and Machine Guns simultaneously spat out tongues of fire.

A dense rain of bullets instantly covered the Rifled Musket soldiers of Bowei's army.

Before these Rifled Musket soldiers could even react, they fell one by one.

In less than a quarter of an hour, more than three thousand Flintlock Infantry were dead or wounded.

While the machine gunners and some soldiers targeted the Rifled Musket soldiers, other Azure Dragon Army soldiers were also shooting down the Flintlock Infantry of Bowei's army.

Within the same period, the Flintlock Infantry also suffered heavy casualties.

Facing the sudden attack from the Azure Dragon Army and their own heavy casualties, Bowei's army collapsed, and the remaining soldiers immediately scattered.

At this time, Shang Yi led his troops to rendezvous with Songpa's army.

Sure enough, the commander leading the troops told Shang Yi that it was precisely because they had received separate orders from Bowei and Songpa that they were slaughtering each other.

Having confirmed this, Shang Yi immediately set off with Songpa's commander toward the Siam Capital City.

It was clear that Bowei and Songpa had officially broken ties.

They needed to help Songpa defeat Bowei in the civil war.

In this way, they could smoothly take control of Siam and pull out the last nail the Westerners had in the Southeast.

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