The Luzon soldiers running in front were shot and fell down, screaming, causing their rush to run wildly and their speed to slow down significantly.

Even the only prince Ragan, who was riding on a horse, was hit by several arrows with his men and horses, and fell off the horse. He was carried back by several soldiers, and he was unknown.

Before the soldiers of Luzon could recover from the chaos, the second round of crossbow arrows shot like raindrops, and the vine armor could not stop the Song army's strong bow and hard crossbow. In just a moment, thousands of people fell in a pool of blood. Even the main general Prince Lagan was shot several arrows, and life and death were unknown.

Without the prince's leading impact and motivation, the army's desire to cherish life arises, and the soldiers are stagnant and start to slowly retreat.

This is actually a taboo in the army. You either simply retreat and escape from the range of crossbow arrows, or rush forward and have a close contact with the enemy. This dilemma will become a living target for the crossbow army.

At this time, another thousand spear infantry and crossbow army came ashore, and the crossbow army joined the counterattack team, which immediately reached two thousand people.

The third round of crossbow arrows turned into two thousand crossbow arrows and the number of crossbow arrows doubled, and instantly turned into a storm.

The third round of crossbow shooting caused more than 700 people to fall down the Luzon army. In just three rounds of arrows, 1,800 soldiers in Luzon were shot and killed. The soldiers were frightened and turned around and fled, leaving behind the bodies and wounded soldiers on the ground. The remaining more than 8,000 soldiers fled to the capital without any life.

The Song army defeated the enemy's ten thousand attacks without any injuries, and their morale was immediately boosted. Instead of pursuing, they protected the army and continued to go ashore.

This time Fanning led an army of 10,000 to march south. The soldiers mainly rode 20,000-stone rowing ships, and the other 30 were supply ships. They relied on sails as power and could only take fixed routes and could not engage in maneuvering battles. In a short period of time, they were anchored in Luzon Bay as base supplies.

Fanning also walked down from the main ship. At this time, ten thousand soldiers had quickly assembled, including three thousand crossbow troops and seven thousand spear infantry. Fanning turned over his horse and ordered: "Leave one thousand infantry and one thousand crossbow troops to guard the dock, and the other troops marched towards the capital!"

‘Woo--’

The loud trumpet sounded, the sound of advancing drums sounded, and eight thousand troops marched towards the capital of Luzon ten miles away.

The capital of Luzon did not have a wall, but surrounded the small town with a circumference of more than ten miles with wooden fences. There were countless wooden houses distributed in the capital and the wooden fences, but there was no paddy field. People here did not need to cultivate. The abundant forest fruits were enough to feed them. They could also exchange gold for food from the merchants of the Song Dynasty.

When the eight thousand Song troops were less than ten miles away from the capital, the gate of the wooden fence opened, and a large group of men and women came out naked and knelt on the ground. The leader was the king Luo Gang. Although he was old, he was less than fifty years old. The Luzonians' lifespan was too short, and they basically died in about 40 years old. Moreover, the infant mortality rate was extremely high. At most, the ten children survived two or three, so the population of the kingdom was always sluggish and it was difficult to rise.

He brought his wife, daughter and son to surrender to the Song army. The eldest son, who was determined to fight, was shot in seven arrows and died halfway back to the capital. His 10,000 troops had collapsed and each fled home. At this time, the only army he could command was the palace guards, with less than two hundred people. He had no way out except surrender.

Fan Ning said to Mingren: "Go up and tell him that the Luzon Kingdom has never come to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty for many years, so the Emperor of the Song Dynasty sent troops to attack him, but the Song army did not want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as he surrendered sincerely, the Song army would give him a way out!"

Ming Ren knew a few words about the land of Luzon, and he stepped forward and said it. King Luo Gang then understood Fan Ning's meaning. He kowtowed and thanked him repeatedly, willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty.

Fanning then camped on the spot, and he led a thousand soldiers into the capital of Luzon.

There is already a little prototype of a city in the capital, with streets and several shops. Fan Ning accidentally discovered that there are many taverns and gambling halls in the capital, and the wine is made of local fruit wine, while gambling utensils are Guanpu u utensils imported from the Song Dynasty.

Akihito explained: "There are women working here, and they go to the forest to pick various fruits and balala. They are basically women who are busy with gold in the river. Most men are lazy and like to drink and gambling. Men under the age of thirty go to the army to join the army. There is nothing wrong with joining the army. They have a generous income every month. They actually rely on gold and spices to feed the entire nation."

"Does their gold have gold mines besides gold sand?"

"Of course, I have taken people to inspect the minerals for a long time. The gold and copper ores here have a huge amount of reserves and are easy to mine and refine."

"What about silver?" Fanning asked.

Akihito shook his head, "It seems that there is very little silver. Here are mainly gold and copper. Silver still has to go to Japan, and that is the world of silver."

Fanning's interest in Luzon and its nearby islands was the fundamental reason that there was no one, except for the small Luzon country, and then there were a few natives.

But the arable land, forests, gold mines and spices here are huge wealth, especially the water-heating soil here, which will bring huge amounts of food to the Song Dynasty.

Fan Ning knew very well what huge amounts of grain would bring to the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty had a population of only 20 to 30 million when it was founded. However, since the large-scale promotion of Chameng rice that was ripe a year in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the grain output of the Song Dynasty has greatly increased.

People changed from two meals a day to three meals a day, and the population grew rapidly. By the late Northern Song Dynasty, the population had grown to 120 million people. It was the increase in food that caused earth-shaking changes in the living standards of the Song Dynasty.

At this time, a general came to report, "Report to the envoy, brothers found a large amount of gold and various jewelry in the palace warehouse!"

Fan Ning was a little interested and immediately turned his horse's head to the palace. The palace was also a wooden building, covering an area of ​​about ten acres and surrounded by a large circle of walls. It was built by craftsmen from Sanfoqi, with a very Buddhist atmosphere. Some of the surrounding mansions were the residences of senior royal officials, and were also built by craftsmen from Sanfoqi.

There were Song soldiers standing guard in front of the palace and the high-ranking officials' houses. The royal family's powerful people have been under house arrest. The warehouse of the palace is located at the back. It is the only stone building in the entire Luzon State. Fifty soldiers guard this stone building with huge wealth.

Fanning walked into the warehouse and saw that the warehouse was divided into two parts by wooden walls, with hundreds of wooden boxes placed on both sides. The wooden boxes were made very rough, and there was not even a piece of cloth inside. The golden lumps of gold were revealed from the rough gap.

The soldiers were moving large wooden boxes down. The boxes were opened and filled with simple smelted gold nuggets, and many soldiers were weighing them.

One of them came forward and said to Fanning: "There are a total of 100 boxes of gold. If the wooden boxes are removed from each box, the gold weighs about 100,000 kilograms, which is 100,000 kilograms."

Fan Ning was also secretly surprised. One hundred thousand kilograms of gold, that is one million and six hundred thousand taels. It will take at least a hundred years to accumulate. He asked again: "What about the other boxes?"

Everyone opened other boxes, all of which were all sea beads, tortoiseshell, coral, and more than a dozen boxes of black items. Fanning recognized it at a glance. It was ambergris.

"How to deal with these wealth?" Sima Zhang Nan asked in a low voice.

Fan Ning said coldly: "We also need a lot of food, tents and daily necessities to resettle them in another place. Leave some reward soldiers in this wealth, and transport the rest back to the court. This year, the task of the Zhizheng Hall will be completed."

The generals behind were so excited that they were ready to fight, not to hurt one soldier, and there were also rewards after the war. Who wouldn’t want to go to such an expedition?

Zhang Nan sighed in his heart. No matter what reasons Fan Ning is looking for, it is a foregone conclusion that plunders other countries' property. Fortunately, he did not leave a penny, otherwise he would be used to liquidate the matter sooner or later.

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At dusk, the Song army had already set up a large camp in the open space, and the clearance of the Luzon army was over. All the weapons and armor were gathered together, and they were not prepared to be destroyed. They would return it to them after they moved.

In the military camp, the negotiations between Fanning, the king and the three royal families came to an end.

Fanning proposed three plans. The first plan was to continue to retain the title of Luzon King and allow hereditary, but the Luzon royal family had to move to the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the people here were managed by officials of the Song Dynasty; the second plan was that the Song Dynasty helped the whole country of Luzon to move to Sulu Island, rebuild the Luzon Kingdom on Sulu Island, or change the name of the country to Sulu Kingdom; the third plan was that the Luzon Kingdom was disbanded, and the Luzon King went to the capital of the Song Dynasty to live and could be granted titles. The Luzon people moved to the Ryukyu Island and became citizens of the Song Dynasty.

As for the plan proposed by the King of Luzon himself, Luzon became a vassal state of the Song Dynasty and retained the territory of Luzon. This plan was rejected by Fanning. Leaving them on Luzon would become a hidden danger for the immigration of the Song Dynasty. Sooner or later, conflicts would break out. The best way is to separate the seas and not communicate with each other.

King Luo Gang had no choice but to say to Fan Ning: "Let us discuss it ourselves!"

A Song man who was doing business in a switch shop in Luzon was used as an interpreter. He passed on the king's meaning to Fanning. Fanning immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I hope to get the final answer tomorrow morning!"

He left with several officials, and only King Luo Gang and his two brothers were left in the tent, one serving as prime minister and the other serving as general.

"What do you think of the eldest brother?" the two asked the king Luo Gang.

Luo Gang sighed, "There is a saying in the Song Dynasty that people should be the slaughter and I am the fish. It is a blessing that we have not been destroyed. How can we choose? I only have one idea. The foundation left by our ancestors cannot be abandoned, and the Luzon State must survive."

His two brothers were silent for a moment and said, "Then there is only one choice. We will move across the country. Is this what the elder brother means?"

Luo Gang nodded silently and sighed, "I have been to the Lu Island they mentioned. It is in the south, composed of more than a dozen islands, not far from Boni Country, and the place is not big, but it is enough for us 100,000 citizens to live in. The key is how we can survive in the future. I think this is the key to our negotiations with the Song army. We must gain more benefits."

"What benefits do you want from the elder brother?"

"The technology I want most is farming. If we can farm, then there will be no problem in survival. The second is that I want some shipbuilding technology. With shipbuilding technology, we can expand to the south. Third, I want food and basic daily necessities. They must ensure our annual rations. Fourth, I want security. Once the Boni country invades us, they must send troops to protect it. I think these four points are crucial. If you have any ideas, you can add them."
Chapter completed!