Chapter 1036: Pressing Straight Toward Malacca

"Respected Your Majesty Yan Wang, may the Siam Kingdom forever remain under your protection from this day forward." Zhao Xu sat composed on the steps of the main hall.

Presenting the State Letter, Songpa shouted, his demeanor respectful.

Zhao Xu glanced briefly at the State Letter and looked toward Songpa, who stood below the steps.

Having received news from Qin Shan, he had set out to come here.

With Siam taken, the influence of the Westerners in the Southern Region was completely cleared away.

At the same time, this meant the route to attack Malacca by land was thoroughly opened, which could be called highly significant.

Nodding slightly, he said to Songpa: "History will prove that your choice is correct. Da Song will not only bring you security guarantees, but will also make you increasingly prosperous."

According to his plan, Da Song would first coexist with Gaoli, Dongying, the Southeast Five Nations, and even Luzon and Java through a Tributary System, while simultaneously establishing a trade circle with Da Song at its core.

Although Da Song would be the one taking advantage in this trade circle, it did not mean they would become increasingly poor.

Because wealth comes not only from trade surpluses, but also from the improvement of technology itself.

Within the Da Song trade circle, they would naturally receive transfers of some of Da Song's backward domestic technology.

This would be enough to allow them to advance from the production levels of the feudal era to the modern level.

However, even this transfer of backward technology would be subject to the review of the Industrial Department.

To what extent it would be transferred depended on how much these tributary states would be assimilated by Da Song in the future.

The Tributary System was originally temporary, intended only to avoid overly inciting the current sentiments of the people in each nation.

If the tributary states could be assimilated to a certain degree and eventually incorporated into the territory of Da Song, that would naturally be the best-case scenario.

It was just that this could not be achieved in the short term.

However, he had plenty of patience; if it couldn't be done in twenty years, then forty, and if not in forty, then sixty.

Furthermore, as time passed, the gap between Da Song's technology and wealth and that of other nations would inevitably grow larger.

By then, a wealthy, powerful, and advanced Da Song would inevitably become a holy land in the hearts of the nations of Dongtu.

Perhaps by then, even if he didn't want these tributary states, the other side would be crying and begging to be incorporated into Da Song.

"With those words from Your Highness Yan Wang, I and the people of Siam can rest easy." Hearing this, Songpa bowed even lower.

With the submission of the State Letter concluded, Songpa naturally hosted a banquet to entertain Zhao Xu.

During the banquet, the two discussed the upcoming war and the issue of how Siam would provide support to the Da Song army.

Among the Southeast Five Nations, Siam was the wealthiest.

Because the other four nations were either mountainous, entirely landlocked, or had many domestic tribes and frequent warfare.

Only Siam had many plains, produced abundant rice, was close to Malacca, and traded frequently with Tianzhu.

In the current era, the nation in Siam's position was also the wealthiest of the five, and at the same time, one of the world's top ten grain exporters.

Therefore, in this war in the Southern Region, as long as there was support from Siam, the Da Song army would have no logistical problems.

"Your Highness, rest assured. Tomorrow I will issue orders to all prefectures in Siam, telling them to take inventory of the Granary and provide food for the Da Song army along the route," Songpa said hurriedly.

Having defected to Da Song, he had offended the Westerners to the death; this was a road of no return.

Since he stood with Da Song, he naturally had to support the Da Song army and let the Da Song army completely drive the Westerners out of Dongtu.

"That is excellent." Zhao Xu revealed a smile.

The Southeast Five Nations were merely an appetizer for this southward war; the main event lay in the war against the Western Lands Allied Forces.

This decisive battle could begin after he took Siam.

While heading to Siam, he had already sent orders to Gong Ying and Pan Zhang, telling them to deploy the marines to the East of Java to seize Java and thereby threaten the Nan'an of Malacca.

The North Territory would be the responsibility of the Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army.

Adding the three armies together, a total of 150,000 troops would be committed to this Battle of Malacca.

The next day, Zhao Xu summoned Qin Shan and Guan Tong, ordering them to reorganize the soldiers, replenish the ammunition transported by the navy from the Da Song mainland, and advance toward Malacca.

After three days of preparation, the Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army marched majestically toward the west,

And subsequently headed south, pressing straight toward Malacca.

And while the Azure Dragon Army and the Vermilion Bird Army approached Malacca, the 50,000 marines commanded by Pan Zhang also inched closer to the defensive fortifications of the Western Lands Allied Forces on the Nan'an of Malacca.

A great battle was on the verge of breaking out!

Singapore.

The movements of the Da Song army were constantly being delivered to Wesley.

As the Da Song army approached, Wesley's expression grew more serious by the day, and the time he spent inspecting the defensive fortifications grew longer by the day.

In the North Territory of Da Song, the offensives of the Beidi and the Ross nation had failed completely.

In the South of Da Song, the indigenous army they had organized had also failed to play the role of holding back the Da Song army for a year or a year and a half.

From the time the Da Song army headed south to its complete occupation of the Southeast Five Nations, it had taken only a month and a half.

And their reinforcements would take at least another two or three months to arrive.

This meant that he had to hold out for at least two or three months.

Otherwise, once Malacca was occupied by the Da Song army, their navy would be able to advance to attack and retreat to defend.

More importantly, if their fleet entered the Tianzhu sea area and cut off their maritime routes, Britain would lose Tianzhu forever.

"Gentlemen, for three hundred years, this world has always been decided by us Westerners. If we want the sky to fall, it must fall; if we want the earth to sink, it must sink."

The Da Song army would arrive in just five or six days.

Facing the impending war, Wesley decided to deliver a war speech.

After finishing the first sentence passionately, he looked at the indignant generals and continued to shout: "In front of us Westerners, all the natives of the world must crawl on the ground and look up to the glory of our Western Lands. Why are we so excellent? Because we are God's favorites, because we are the noblest race."

"Please remember, we must never let these swine and vermin of Dongtu defile our glory. In the past, this world was decided by us, and in the future, this world will also be decided by us. And those who stop us, we will send them to hell!"

After finishing his words, Wesley slammed his fist hard onto the table.

"That's right, let the Song People go to hell."

"This group of disgusting swine should all go die."

"We must use war to teach them a harsh lesson and let their blood dye every inch of land in Malacca red."

"..."

Wesley's speech made the officers impassioned, wishing they could slaughter Song soldiers on the battlefield right now.

This scene caused a look of satisfaction to appear in the depths of Wesley's eyes.

Slowing his voice, he said, "The Song People are coming soon; let them witness our might."

"Yes, General Wesley." The officers gave a military salute to Wesley and turned to leave one after another.

Over the next three days, the Coalition officers spread Wesley's speech to the ears of every soldier from the Western Lands, igniting the high fighting spirit of the Western Lands soldiers.

And on the fifth day, the atmosphere of the Coalition suddenly became heavy.

The Song army had arrived.

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