" Thanh Hoa City is the escape route for Annam Daluo City."
"If our Chinese army comes from Zhennan Pass, the Chen Dynasty of Daluo City will flee in panic and fight to the death..."
"You can retreat to the sea and let Chen run south."
Chang Sheng, the general of the Southern Expedition, had a solemn face, with a complicated expression of earnestness and tangle. Before commanding an army of 20,000 Jingwei and 20,000 Southern soldiers, and rushing to Nanguan, Daozhen, Guangxi, he expressed his gratitude to the emperor, who was the supervisor of the Southern Expedition.
This is what Sun Zhu Yunxi warned.
And this passage happened half a month ago.
At this moment, on the Beibu Bay of Zhuchi with gentle breeze and few waves, giant ships are heading due west with full sails.
Fish and birds were flying above the sea, and there were warships carrying 20,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and thousands of sailors. The dragon flags and sun and moon flags representing the Ming Dynasty were fluttering in the wind.
The star flags representing the military camps and the auspicious animal flags are like a forest on the sea, decorating the entire sea with colors.
Taisun's Army Sima Zhu Gaochi walked from below the deck to the top of the deck with a worried look on his face.
I saw that Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Shangbing, who had put on thin scale armor, were no different from other lieutenant generals on the deck.
"On the day the general set out, Yunnan Dao had already sent 30,000 troops, led by Xiping Hou Muying, to attack and intimidate the Lao tribe."
Zhu Yunxi put down the Annan Zhucheng Distribution Map in his hand, looked at Zhu Gaochi, and frowned: "Things in the Lao Ministry are not as we expected?"
According to their military strategy deduction, the Lao tribe was hijacked by the Annan Chen Dynasty since they plundered Guangxi Road last year.
Like Annan, which has a wide plain, the Laos must be wild monkeys hiding in the mountains, in an advanced but primitive tribal state.
When Yunnan Road sent troops to the Lao tribe, the most important military strategic task was to create a sense of crisis in the Lao tribe, so that they would not dare to be asked by Annan to send troops to jointly resist the Ming army moving south from Zhennanguan.
As long as the Lao tribe dared to send troops to coordinate with Annan, Mu Ying would dare to lead his men to kill and burn all the Lao tribe's territory.
Following Zhu Yunxi's inquiry, the military commanders on the deck also looked over.
Obviously, in their opinion, the Lao people are not good enough. The only place for the southern expedition this time will be Annan...and after Annan was captured, Champa further south and the Great River Plain to the west.
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly and said: "The Marquis of Xiping is in trouble, and the food route is blocked. Although the soldiers are all officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Guard, they are unable to guard against the endless ambushes of the Lao tribe."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were full of doubts: "So, not only did the Lao tribe not send troops to support Annan, nor did they hide in the mountains farther away, but they gathered together to fight Xipinghou?"
"Do they dare!" Zhu Shangbing, who now led a thousand people, immediately mocked.
Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes: "The Lao Ministry has already done this."
Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, immediately asked: "Now, how should the Marquis of Xiping respond? Can they retreat?"
Zhu Gaochi shook his head and nodded again: "The news was sent out a month ago. The general sent troops and sent them here. No one knows what the situation is in Yunnan at the moment. But based on Xiping Hou's past experience in commanding troops, I think he
They will choose to retreat temporarily and maintain a coercive posture to entangle the Lao people."
Zhang Wen frowned and began to think deeply.
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Zhu Yunxi said: "Is there any news from the general today?"
In the entire Zhuchi today, countless clippers travel between Changhua County, Guangxi Road and Taisun tribe's fleets every day, delivering the latest news from various places.
Fortunately, as the Ming Dynasty sent troops to conquer Annan, except for the Ming Dynasty's warships, there are almost no other ships on the entire Zhuchi.
Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "A clipper ship just came over. The general's troops have already left Zhennan Pass. King Ning is the forward battalion. They advanced to ten miles in front of Langshan Pass. Then they stopped advancing. It seems to be the general's.
The Chinese army has military orders to go over there, what are you waiting for over there?"
"What are you waiting for?" Zhu Yunxi murmured as if to himself.
No one knew what Chang Sheng was waiting for, at least not Zhu Gaochi.
He could only wait where he was, waiting for Zhu Yunxi to make subsequent arrangements.
Zhu Yunxi waited for a long time before he said: "Is there any news from Jin Yiwei?"
It's too late, it's faster.
There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs below the deck.
Then I saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and the distinctive short-sleeved linen clothes from Annan, walking up with an embroidered spring knife on his waist.
After the royal guard who went to the Annan coastal area to spy on information rode on the deck, he knelt on one knee in front of Zhu Yunxi.
"Report to the great grandson, the royal guards will come to report."
Zhu Yunxi waved his sleeves and his expression became concentrated: "Say."
"Jinyiwei has now found out that there is no one in Jianchang City in Annan, and the next three cities are all empty. The gates of Qinghua City are closed. I don't know the details."
Empty city plan?
Annan's reaction left everyone puzzled for a moment.
Zhu Shangbing also hesitated and asked in a low voice: "So, do we want to capture Jianchang City and the next three cities? Or only Qinghua City?"
Dang Dang Dang.
At this time, a drumbeat came from the front of the fleet.
On the towering mast of the huge battleship that leads the way, a flexible and vigorous old sailor is holding the mast in one hand and a small flag in the other. His feet are symmetrical and fastened to the mast.
The small flags were waved continuously, forming groups of flags.
"We have arrived at the coast of Annan."
Zhu Gaochi glanced at the flag and shouted in surprise.
On the deck, everyone looked back to the front of the fleet.
In front of the battle flags, I saw a winding coastline and the undulating boundary between the earth and the sky, all telling the people that they had arrived at their destination.
"After arriving at the shore, we sent out a battalion of officers and soldiers, led by Marquis Jingchuan, and went out outside Jianchang City. After being unable to circle the city, they went south and stationed themselves on the north side of Qinghua City."
Zhu Yunxi, who belonged to the land of Jiaozhi Road in the future of the Ming Dynasty, looked shocked and ordered in a deep voice.
Army Sima Zhu Gaochi immediately accepted the order, and all the generals called him.
A few moments after the flagship, sailors climbed up the mast and issued a military order to send out a battalion of officers and soldiers, pass around Jianchang City, and go south to station in the north of Qinghua City.
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Immediately, several warships sped forward on the left side of the fleet and docked at the unmanned dock on the seaside outside Jianchang City.
A whole battalion of officers and soldiers disembarked. Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen, dressed in military armor, stood in front of the pier to establish a defense line, while several teams of scouts roared into the depths of the horizon.
To be honest, I have been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it can be used on both Android and Apple.】
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Then several large transport ships docked, and war horses were sent to the dock one after another.
After a thousand war horses came ashore, all the warships returned to the deep water area on the sea.
On the pier, the officers and soldiers also packed their belongings one after another and fed the war horses beans mixed with fine salt. After completing all the preliminary preparations, the entire battalion of officers and soldiers began to march on wheels and disappeared deep into the territory of Jianchang City.
When the 1,000 people who landed completely disappeared from the sight of the fleet, the generals on the flagship silently looked at the emperor's grandson standing at the railing.
Zhu Yunxi clapped his hands and whispered: "The whole army goes south and goes straight to Qinghua City!"
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Among the high mountains and ridges in the southern part of Guangxi Road, mountains and ravines have always become obstacles to local transportation.
With the courage of one pass, Zhennanguan blocked the enemies from the south to the south of Pingxiangzhou. Behind the pass was the land of the Ming Dynasty.
At this moment, the entire Zhennanguan army gathered, blocking the small valley so tightly that the rear army of the Southern Expedition stopped outside the small city of Pingxiangzhou.
Opposite Zhennanguan is Annan Langshan Pass, which is only a few dozen miles away in the southeast.
Langshan Pass is said to be a pass, but it is just a wooden village built on the mountain road behind Qiqiong River.
But the Qiqiong River was the real obstacle that blocked the Ming Dynasty from going south to Annan.
The north bank of Qiqiong River at this moment.
The house that originally belonged to the Annan people was already empty and occupied by the Ming army.
On the south bank of the Qiqiong River, two protruding positions facing north are guarded by many Annan soldiers. They are at the horns of each other to guard against possible attacks by the Ming army at any time.
On the south side of Lang Son, where the lower reaches of Qiqiong River can enter the mountain pass inside Annam, there are already more than ten thousand Annan soldiers gathered.
As long as the Ming army crosses the Qiqiong River, they can enter the hinterland of Annan unimpeded. With the power of 40,000 Ming troops, Annan is unstoppable.
"Your Highness, the general really wants us to cross the river and go straight to Langshan Pass?"
On the north bank of the lower reaches of the Qiqiong River, the battalion lieutenant colonel looked worriedly at the Annan people gathered on the other bank, and worriedly asked Ning Wang Zhu Quan, who was holding a telescope to watch the situation on the other bank.
Zhu Quan put down the telescope and looked back at his own 3,000 forward battalion.
Zhu Quan said solemnly: "Can we find a place for the general to cross the river?"
The captain shook his head: "My subordinates have sent several teams of scouts to search upstream and downstream of the Qiqiong River. Although there are several places where the general can lead his army to cross the river within fifty miles, there are Annan people stationed there.
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Zhu Quan asked again: "Is there any way to cover the army's crossing of the river?"
In Zhu Quan's mind, there was no place or person in Annan that could stop the Ming army's conquest. The only thing he, a forward officer, had to consider was how much the Ming Dynasty had to pay in order to get the unimpeded army and the momentum of the conquest.
The captain waved his hand and slapped the air a few times in front of his eyes, his face looking a bit sad.
If it hadn't been for the hundreds of people from Yingtian who came from Yingtian this time and brought countless medicinal herbs to provide to the officers and soldiers in the army, I am afraid that just these mosquitoes and flies would have made the army miserable.
He put a close-fitting medicine bag on his chest from his arms to make the medicine more effective. Then the captain said: "I thought that there is a wide area of the river twenty miles downstream.
It’s not deep. As long as we can attract the attention of the Annan people on the other side and send out surprise troops to cross the river downstream to annihilate the Annan people guarding the river beach, we can allow the general to lead his army across the river and attack Huanglong directly.”
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Zhu Quan said in a deep voice: "How much movement is needed."
The captain pondered for a moment and gave an answer that was as adequate as possible.
"At least half of the Annan people on the opposite side must not dare to move."
Zhu Quan nodded and once again picked up the telescope and looked at the Annan military camp on the other side.
It’s a mess, with no military formation at all.
This is Zhu Quan’s evaluation of the Wan’an Nan soldiers on the other side of the Qiqiong River.
Immediately, Zhu Quan blurted out: "Send someone to the Chinese army's camp and ask for 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder. I will open the way for the general to make peace for Nan Buchen!"
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"This is Thanh Hoa City?"
Zhu Shangbing looked at Tsinghua City with the war-free sign in front of him. He was stunned for a while while riding on horseback, not knowing how to express the complicated emotions in his heart.
Zhu Gaochi was also a little unsure and said: "The people from Jinyiwei led the way. Kanyu confirmed that it must be Qinghua City."
Zhu Yunxi also couldn't believe the Qinghua City with its gates wide open in front of him.
I saw that the closed city gate of Thanh Hoa City that was originally explored by the Jin Yiwei had now been completely opened. The Annan Thanh Hoa City officials who were supposed to defend the territory and fight to the death, actually led the gentry in the city neatly.
Standing in groups in front of the city gate.
Several people who took off their official uniforms knelt on the edge of the road leading to the city. The leader held a tray with both hands high, with a square object covered by a red cloth placed on it.
This is the rhythm of surrender and dedication of the city.
"Would you like to send someone over to check it out?"
The speaker was Chen Huan, the Marquis of Puding.
Zhu Yunxi hesitated and said: "Send an order and ask Zhang Wen, who is parked on the Majiang River, to lead the fleet upstream to check whether there are Annan soldiers lurking. Send someone to ask questions under the city gate."
Chen Huan nodded and accepted the order. In a short time, the messengers rushed to the Majiang River in the north, and another group of scouts cautiously approached the Qinghua City.
Finally.
Everyone is sure that Qinghua City is determined to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.
Facing tens of thousands of Ming troops, the worried officials of Qinghua City finally felt relieved when they saw a group of generals coming out of the Ming army.
As long as the army is not pressing down, this means that the Ming Dynasty will not kill people in Qinghua City.
"The lowly minister Chen Qiong meets the great general of the Ming Dynasty, and sees the general of the great state."
An Annan Thanh Hoa official who called himself Chen Qiong was the man who knelt to welcome the Ming army with his hands raised and holding the Seal of the Lord of Thanh Hoa.
Zhu Shangbing curled his lips, feeling that these Annan wild monkeys were really spineless. He hadn't even killed a single person since he came ashore.
Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Yunxi silently.
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "You are a human being, guarding one side of the country, hearing that the Ming Dynasty is coming, Jiaozhi is prosperous, and you have brought the city to surrender. How can you be called a lowly person? Please come up quickly."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi silently looked at the people behind Chen Qiong who surrendered Qinghua City.
Judging from their clothes and appearance, most of them are officials and gentry in the city, but they have never been seen by ordinary people.
However, Chen Qiong did not get up, but raised the Seal of the Lord of Qinghua City in his hand higher: "The humble minister is incompetent and failed to leave the Chen Dynasty's treasures for the general, so he had to offer a city and ask the general to take the seal and punish the crime." Chen Chao’s wealth?
Zhu Yunxi frowned, becoming more curious.
Zhu Gaochi, who was standing next to him, shook his robe and stepped forward to take the City Lord's Seal from Chen Qiong's hand.
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"The Ming Dynasty has received the Seal of the Lord of Qinghua City. Lord Cheng, please hurry up and invite him."
Zhu Gaochi opened the red cloth on the tray and after confirming that what was inside was the seal of the Lord of Qinghua City, he said to Chen Qiong in a nonchalant manner.
After this, Cheng Qiong stood up.
The officials and gentry of Qinghua City who were kneeling behind him also stood up one after another, but all of them had their hands lowered and their heads lowered, not daring to overstep the mark.
Zhu Yunxi asked curiously: "What did the city lord mean when he said that he could never leave the Chen Dynasty's property?"
Chen Qiong immediately became furious when he heard the young general of the Ming Army, who was obviously in charge of an army but was too young, talk about the Chen Dynasty.
"The royal family of the Chen Dynasty, after hearing that the country had regained An...Jiaozhi, actually plotted something evil. They abandoned Daluo City and secretly took the royal family's countless gold and silver southward and fled to Shenghua City."
The Chen Dynasty royal family ran away?
Chen Qiong's words made everyone present feel surprised for a moment.
Who would have thought that before the Ming army arrived, the royal family of the Annan and Chen dynasties would have been frightened out of their wits, and the royal family secretly fled away with their gold and silver treasures.
As soon as I ran, I reached Shenghua City, which is connected with Champa in the south.
Suppress the doubts in your heart.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and looked at Chen Qiong, who was standing in front of him with his hands bowed.
Just listen to him faintly say: "Then why did the city lord say that he never left the Chen Dynasty royal family?"
Chen Qiong immediately looked ashamed and embarrassed, and started to hesitate.