Chapter 192: Annan borrows troops? Give as much as you want
Chen Muyue finally understood what it meant to have hands and eyes that could reach the sky.
During his stay in Tianjie Temple, General Zhao Fei still seemed a little cautious when he first came in, and even sent people to keep an eye on him at all times.
It wasn't until the boss behind this showed up and had a secret talk with Zhao Fei that Zhao Fei immediately let go and even ignored the people who were guarding him. He was very casual.
Xiaoqing, the maid, was immediately very happy. She discussed with Chen Muyue how to escape, and even went to tell the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty that their Annan envoys had been killed and that these people were all fake.
Chen Muyue denied Xiao Qing's statement. She knew very well that Zhao Fei must have support that she could not imagine. Moreover, she had already entered Tianjie Temple as Princess Anxiu.
This was something she had never thought of, which meant that Princess Anxiu's identity had been reported to the Ming Dynasty royal family.
In some aspects, Chen Muyue now still relies on Zhao Fei and the others.
However, there is a very serious problem, that is, the maid Xiaoqing has been reported as Princess Anxiu, which means that she can really only be a maid.
Even if you enter the Ming Dynasty Palace, it can only be like this, even if Emperor Annan comes, it won't work.
Once exposed, the nature will completely change, and it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor.
This is a bit embarrassing.
So when she met her boss, or even when her boss noticed it, Chen Muyue immediately acknowledged it and even saluted him directly.
"Get up." Zhu Ying said with a calm expression.
Looking at Chen Muyue, I felt a little sad in my heart.
If he hadn't followed Zhu Di to the capital, the woman in front of him would probably be his own woman. She might even be canonized as his queen in order to appease the people of Annan.
According to the original plan, Zhu Ying would pretend to be the prince or grandson and bring his own army to Annan to seek the country.
Now, with such a turn, what was fake has become real, and he is still the eldest grandson. The situation has changed dramatically.
But even so, Zhu Ying has not given up on his strategy against Annan.
Another factor in choosing Annan was that its special climate allowed it to produce enough food. Now the Ming Dynasty also needs it.
"Thank you, boss." Chen Muyue stood up and said respectfully.
"Come to the study with me." Zhu Ying said, and then took Chen Muyue directly to the study.
"I think you are also a smart person, so you don't need me to beat around the bush, so just tell me what the Annan royal family is thinking and the situation in Annan. Tell me everything you know, what you should say and what shouldn't be said."
Zhu Ying ordered and said with a commanding tone. Facing such a beautiful Chen Muyue, she did not feel at all confused by her beauty.
Chen Muyue bit her red lips lightly, defeated under Zhu Ying's somewhat indifferent eyes, and then began to drag everything out.
She spoke carefully, and Zhu Ying listened carefully, but Chen Muyue spoke very fragmentary, and she was a little hesitant at first, but then she said everything, including some unspeakable things about the royal family.
The further he got to the back, the more energetic he talked, and Zhu Ying had no choice but to interrupt and pull him back several times.
For more than half an hour, Chen Muyue came to the end, and Zhu Ying frowned and analyzed in his mind.
The information from Chen Muyue's mouth and the information he collected were roughly the same.
Basically, the Annan royal family has almost lost its military power now. It is like a puppet, and its symbolic significance is higher. If it were not a warlord separatist regime, and it still needs justice to suppress it, I am afraid it would have been swallowed up long ago.
The purpose of Princess Anxiu's visit this time was to ask the Ming Dynasty to send a large army for her to restore the rule of the Annan royal family and eliminate internal worries. It would be great if she could help pacify those warlords.
After Zhu Ying heard this, he thought for a while and asked: "Emperor Annan, he wants to know how many people the Ming Dynasty will send to help them."
Chen Muyue looked at Zhu Ying with surprise. He did not expect Zhu Ying to ask this question.
Is it possible that the boss has an idea to send troops?
"Thirty thousand, oh no, ten thousand"
"Okay, but I think 30,000 is a bit low. Let's go to 50,000 first. We'll see the follow-up situation before sending more people. What do you think?"
"Ah this"
"Is it possible that the Annan royal family cannot afford the food and wages required for an army of fifty thousand?" Zhu Ying asked with a frown.
"No, no, no, not to mention 50,000, our Annan royal family will give it even to 100,000, but can we really go to an army of 50,000?" Chen Muyue said with some unimaginability.
"Why, do you think I'm lying to you?" Zhu Ying said with a smile.
"Mu Yue doesn't dare. If this is really the case, Mu Yue will act like a cow or a horse to repay his employer's kindness." Chen Mu Yue immediately replied with a firm tone.
Originally, she had run out of ideas, but she didn't expect that in a sudden turn of events, her employer promised to send 50,000 soldiers to assist the Annan royal family in suppressing the rebellion. This was simply unbelievable.
"Come on, you thought you could exchange for 50,000 soldiers. What were you thinking?" Seeing Chen Muyue's appearance of sacrificing her life for justice, Zhu Ying said angrily.
Before, he wasn't quite sure what kind of help the Annan royal family was seeking. He didn't expect that they wanted to borrow troops to quell the rebellion.
Very good, really good.
Zhu Ying will borrow as much as he wants.
The most troublesome thing about Annan during the Ming Dynasty was the climate and some water and soil problems. Many soldiers would be very uncomfortable when they first arrived, resulting in a significant reduction in combat effectiveness.
Moreover, there are many mountains in Annan, which is very different from the situation in Ming Dynasty. The geographical environment is also very important for the army.
Now the Annan royal family is borrowing troops, which is really good.
On the one hand, these soldiers used to be roughly equivalent to mercenaries. The money and food must have been paid for by the Annan royal family, and the profits would definitely need to be divided if the rebellion was suppressed.
As for borrowing without repaying, that is even more impossible.
Annan was nothing more than a small country, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. These soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had no intention of obeying the orders of the Annan royal family.
Once the soldiers are familiar with the situation there, it will be much easier to manage it.
Even Zhu Ying wanted to directly revoke Annan's military power and change it to a rotating garrison of the Ming army, and then intervene in Annan's internal affairs and evacuate the Annan royal family.
Transform the entire Annan into something similar to the current Goryeo.
When Zhu Ying said this, Chen Muyue felt a little ashamed and didn't know how to reply.
"The situation in Annan is quite critical now. Please write a letter and I will send someone to Annan to inform you first and prepare the food and wages needed by the soldiers."
"It is estimated that the army will be ready to leave Annan in about half a month."
Zhu Ying made some plans in her mind and said directly without caring about Chen Muyue's condition.
"Mu Yue listens to the order." Chen Mu Yue bowed slightly and replied.
Zhu Ying nodded, asked someone to arrange Chen Muyue's residence, and began to review the memorial.
Zhu Fan was very troubled during this period, but with the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, things have been smooth sailing for nearly half a month.
The entire coastline has been strengthened, and as soon as the Japanese pirates come over, they will be given a powerful and precise strike.
In the past few days, the Ming Dynasty Navy has also been at sea and began to deploy defenses.
As more and more fake Japanese pirates are eradicated, it can be clearly felt that the situation regarding Japanese pirates in the coastal areas under their responsibility has begun to improve significantly.
Although only a small group of Japanese pirates have appeared now, and the large army they lead has not yet been put to use, the possibility of Japanese pirates communicating with pseudo-Japanese pirates along the coast has been eliminated.
Just now, information about King Zhu Di of Yan was revealed.
"Beheaded 13,726 people, captured fake Japanese pirates, and made a total of 897 real Japanese pirates."
When he saw this information, Zhu Fan suddenly felt bad.
With the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, the total number of people beheaded and captured under Zhu Fan's command has not exceeded 3,000 so far.
Zhu Di over there is already more than four times his size.
"Don't you have any evidence that they massacred people?" Zhu Fan asked in a deep voice.
The businessman in charge of Qunying Chamber of Commerce shook his head and said: "It's not true, but there is no way to prove that they are common people. The situation of pseudo-Japanese in Shandong is extremely serious."
"The King of Yan is very lucky. He may have struck a few relatively wealthy large villages in a wrong way. Those are really fake Japanese pirates who passed through the Japanese pirates secretly."