Pu Jin was puzzled.
Xilichi said angrily, "The sea is very rough. Who knows if we die at sea?"
His last attack on Puluozhong was defeated by the Song Dynasty Navy.
But the Srivijaya people were very good at naval battles. It was the Song Dynasty navy that established a base in Puluo and defeated them in a land battle.
This made Xili Chi feel that if they were in the water, they would definitely be able to destroy the Song army.
So I have always been brooding over this matter.
However, Pu Jin was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, please don't do this. The Song people are more powerful than we imagined. They only need a hundred people to kill ten thousand of us. What's more, they have far more than a hundred."
"Do they have many messengers?"
Xili Chi was puzzled.
"More than ten thousand."
Pu Jinhan is about to come down.
"What, more than 10,000 people, all of them are here?"
Xilichi was shocked.
More than 10,000 people, which is one tenth of the entire population of Palembang.
So many people came running over, and he didn't even know?
Fortunately, Pu Jin said, "No, there is only one ship that has arrived, and the rest of the people are at sea. But if they come, they will arrive tomorrow."
Xilichi fell silent.
He can only muster more than 10,000 soldiers now. If he recruits from the whole country and asks the tribes and vassal states to send people, there will be at most tens of thousands of people.
Facing an enemy force of 10,000, he might not be able to defeat them.
So after a moment of silence, he waved his hand and said, "Yeloye."
"His Majesty."
The chief of the guards, Yeloye, came in.
"You lead the army out and drive the Song people away. I don't want to see them for a moment."
Xilichi gave the order.
"What if they resist?"
Yeloye asked.
Xilichi said coldly: "Then kill him. The Musi River is rising recently, so just say it's flooded."
"Your Majesty, absolutely not."
Pu Jin was sweating profusely and said, "Even if you don't want to go, you can still send an envoy on the pretext of illness. We must not make enemies with the Song people!"
"You are worried about your business in Song State, right?"
Xilichi sneered, "The Song people are thousands of miles away from us. Why should I be afraid of them? They only sent a few thousand men to seize Puluozhong. Sooner or later, I will take it back."
The importance of the Strait of Malacca was already apparent during the Northern Song Dynasty. Srivijaya later fought with the Chola Empire of the Indian Peninsula in order to compete for this route.
You have to know that the Chola Empire is 4,000 kilometers away from Srivijaya. It is obvious how much it would cost to cross the entire Bay of Bengal to fight a war.
But if we can seize the Strait of Malacca, control it and collect tolls from Arabs, it will be worth it no matter how much it costs.
However, the Chola Empire was too far away. Although it defeated Srivijaya in the early stage and even captured Srivijaya's capital Palembang, logistical supply was too difficult, and it eventually withdrew, allowing Srivijaya to still control the Strait of Malacca.
Now that the Strait of Malacca has been taken away by the Song Dynasty, Xilichi has undoubtedly lost a huge piece of fat meat. It is equivalent to the Song Dynasty being cut off from the Silk Road by the Western Xia, or even worse.
Because although Western Xia isolated the Silk Road, it only isolated the Hexi Corridor. Merchants from the Western Regions could still go through the Hehuang Corridor, and the volume of trade on the road was far less than that of sea transportation, and the trade volume was completely on a different level.
Therefore, the loss of the Strait of Malacca resulted in Srivijaya losing millions of strings of cash in revenue every year, which was an astronomical figure for a country like Srivijaya.
Faced with the invitation from the envoy of the Song Dynasty, Xili Chi naturally would not agree.
He was still thinking of finding an opportunity to snatch Pu Luozhong back and regain control of the Strait of Malacca. How could he possibly go to the Song Dynasty in person?
What if this is a conspiracy of the Song people?
As for the issue of the strength of the State of Song.
Xili Chi was not unaware of the power of the State of Song.
But first of all, the Strait of Malacca is the lifeline of their country.
Secondly, he thought that the Song Dynasty was too far away from them and it was impossible for the Song Dynasty to send a large army on an expedition.
He was accumulating strength to annihilate the Song army in Puluozhong.
Even if the other party knows about this situation and sends troops over, and you cannot resist, you can retreat to defend and wait for the main force of the other party to leave before taking back Puluozhong.
Therefore, Xili Chi was not worried about the Song army at all.
"Humph, Pu Jin, you actually brought outsiders to your own country. Have you forgotten that you are from Srivijaya, not Song?"
Finally, Xilichi snorted coldly and said, "If you hadn't paid me many valuable tributes over the years, I would have killed you and hung your head on the city wall, telling the people you're a traitor!"
"His Majesty."
The Pu Jin people were dumbfounded, but knowing that Xili Chi was furious, they could only say dejectedly: "I was wrong. I will go tell the Song people and ask them to leave."
"Go ahead."
Xilichi lay back on the throne, his face still showing the lingering anger.
When Pu Jin left the palace, he felt dizzy.
He never expected that the king would be so determined to make enemies with the State of Song, but he could not persuade the king, so he had to leave the palace and return to the boat to report the matter to Tan Wenxue and others.
At this moment, Tan Wenxue and the others were still waiting on the boat. After about half an hour, they saw teams of soldiers coming out of the city.
"It must be the King of Srivijaya coming to greet him."
"Well, get ready."
Tan Wenxue and Zhang Youwei thought it was the king coming to greet them, so they planned to get off the boat.
However, before they could get off the deck, they saw Pu Jin hurriedly running out of the city.
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