My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 287 The Battle of Belori
Although the Lion Country is named after a lion, there are no lions in China. It is just that the ancestor of the Lion Country people was a lion who gave birth to offspring with a beautiful woman from Tianzhu, so the country was named Lion.

The capital of the Lion Kingdom is called Beloli. It is a very prosperous seaport. As early as the Tang Dynasty, it was famous for its business. Even some monks from the Central Plains once visited this city.

However, today's Belori is full of murderous spirits. Since a few days ago, the whole city has been under martial law. Teams of soldiers are patrolling the city, and no one is allowed to go to the streets.

The only strange thing is that these patrolling soldiers are not local Sinora people, but have faces of Ming people, and even the armor and weapons are also the standard of Ming Dynasty.

In fact, these patrolling soldiers are the army of Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, the king of the Lion Kingdom, Ale Gunnar, led his troops to attack Zheng He's fleet, but Zheng He defeated him. Afterwards, Zheng He stationed troops in the Lion Kingdom. To control the lion country and ensure the safety of the route.

"This damned Ariel, I should have killed him with a knife!"

In the camp of the Ming army, Commander Zhou Xi said with an angry expression on his face.

"Commander, it's useless to say these things now. Ariel has led the army to surround the port, and our ship was burned by spies. Now we can only stick to Belori!"

At this time, only one thousand households stood up and said.

The name of this Qianhu is Li Gui, who is Zhou Xi's sworn brother and also his most capable assistant.

"It's all my fault for being too careless. I didn't expect that Ariel, a wolf-hearted thing, would not be grateful, but quietly fled to Tianzhu, and even brought in rescuers!"

Having said this, Zhou Xi thumped the table angrily again and said angrily.

It turned out that although Ale Gunner was captured by Zheng He and brought to Daming for interrogation, Zhu Di did not kill him, but sent him back to the Lion Kingdom a few years later.

In fact, Aleigh Gurner was originally a powerful minister of the Lion Kingdom, but later he usurped the throne and became the king himself. After Zhu Di sent Ale Grunel back to the Lion Kingdom, he re-established another king, and Aleigh was put under house arrest in the mansion. Zhou Xi and others take care of.

Zhou Xi has [-] Ming troops stationed next to the palace in Belori, enough to control the entire Belori.

What Zhou Xi didn't expect was that some time ago, Ale Gunner secretly escaped from Belori and fled to Tianzhu by boat. He was originally a local dignitary in Tianzhu, and his family's foundation has always been in Tianzhu.

Therefore, Alegunel quickly mobilized a group of troops from Tianzhu, sailed across the sea to the Lion Kingdom, and colluded with the internal support of the Lion Kingdom, and set fire to Zhou Xi's warship.

This also made Zhou Xi and the others unable to escape, and now they could only stick to Belori City.

"What's going on at the port, Ariel and the others still refuse to retreat?"

Zhou Xi asked Li Gui again.

Ale Gunnar's army occupied the port and wanted to enter the city of Belori, but Zhou Xier set up a line of defense between the port and the city, and repelled Ale Gunnar's attacks many times. In stalemate.

"Aleigh Gunner mobilized an army of [-] this time. Although the equipment is poor and the combat effectiveness of the army is not strong, it is several times ours after all, and they came prepared. They will not stop until Belori is captured. !"

Li Gui replied immediately.

Although they only have 3000 Ming soldiers under their command, these [-] men are all elite, not only well-equipped, but also experienced in battle. Still under a lot of pressure.

"It's really hateful. The nobles in Belori City are dishonest. Many of them are secretly colluding with Ariel. As a result, we can only divide our forces into two parts. Otherwise, we will concentrate on fighting Ariel. I will drive them out long ago. The sea!"

Zhou Xi said with hatred again.

After all, Belori is not a city of Ming Dynasty. The Sinora people in the city are of the same race as Ariel. They surrendered to Ming Dynasty before because they couldn't beat them. But now Ariel led his troops back to the Lion Kingdom, and these nobles began to move around.

Even just a few days ago, there were nobles in Belori City colluding and preparing to launch a rebellion in the city. The inside and outside should work together to eliminate Zhou Xi and the others. Fortunately, Li Gui noticed in advance and wiped out the rebels in the city in time.

It was also from then on that the city of Belori began to be under martial law, and Zhou Xi also allocated a part of his troops to patrol around the city to prevent further rebellion.

But this also caused Zhou Xi's troops to disperse, and they could no longer concentrate their forces to launch a counterattack against Ariel's army at the port.

"Brother, the supplies in the city are still very sufficient. As long as we can't hold on, we should be able to last for a long time. As long as we can last until the fleet returns, Ariel and the others will undoubtedly die!"

At this moment, Li Gui opened his mouth to analyze again.

"But Zhengshi has only been back for two years, I'm afraid he won't go to the West so soon?"

Zhou Xi asked with a worried face.

If Zheng He's fleet doesn't come, Zhou Xi's ship will be destroyed again. The Lion Kingdom is an island, and there is no retreat at all. Now Zhou Xi and the others can still hold on, but their number is too small, and losing one will be a big deal. If there is one less, if the fight continues like this, I am afraid they will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

"Not necessarily, Zhengshi brought so many envoys back, even the king of a country, after they pay tribute, they will definitely return home, and Zhengshi will definitely lead the fleet to see them off, so I don't think we can wait too long. "

Li Gui analyzed again calmly.

"That's the only way to go. At the beginning, the envoy sent us to guard the Lion Kingdom. Even if we die, we can't disappoint the court and the envoy!"

Zhou Xi swore that, as Zheng He's subordinate, he was also loyal to Daming, even in the face of desperation, he never thought of giving in or surrendering.

"Commander, something is wrong. Ariel at the port launched a fierce attack again, and the brothers on the front line fought very hard!"

At this moment, suddenly, a personal guard rushed in and reported loudly.

Zhou Xi was also taken aback when he heard that, and immediately rushed to the defense line of the port with Li Gui.

When Zhou Xi and the others rushed to the line of defense, they saw that the Ming army had used the terrain to establish a line of defense between the port and the city, because Belori, as a seaport, did not have a strong city wall like the cities of Daming.

This also caused Ming's army to be unable to defend against the wall, and could only build a simple line of defense on the road, but now this line of defense is already in jeopardy when facing the onslaught of Ariel's [-] army, and the casualties of soldiers are also increasing. more serious.

"Brother, the situation is not good. We have too few people. Let me send some of the patrolling troops in the city!"

Seeing the danger of the defense line, Li Gui immediately suggested that although the transfer of troops in the city may cause changes in the city, in this case, he can't care about other things.

(End of this chapter)