On February 21st, the king of Champa was in Indrapura (now Chaqiao, Vietnam).
Hu Jiya, or Li Jiya, stood proudly in the palace of the Champa Kingdom, and said to the Champa royal family who could not afford to escape: "We, the Dayu Kingdom, are a country with a destiny, how can we be like you? What can a small Champa resist?"
The person in front of him knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The power of Heaven in the Kingdom of Yu is unpredictable, and I am willing to bow down to you."
Only the victor is Dadu. Although Hu Jishao has never heard of this sentence, he understands the truth. He said: "Although you are the royal family of the city, as long as you are obedient to me, Dayu, I will not What will happen to you?"
He turned his head and said to a person on the side: "Escort them to Thang Long House (now Hanoi)."
"Yes, the Supreme King." The man agreed and said to the Champa royal family: "Get up! Follow me."
Several people who were kneeling on the ground quickly stood up and followed the person who spoke.
Hu Jisao was about to leave when he suddenly seemed to see something very tempting. He pulled a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman out of these people and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I enjoyed the body of a young and beautiful woman. It's just the right time." The army needs to rest for a few days after capturing Indrapura, let’s see what the difference is between a woman like you from Champa and a woman from Dayu.”
The girl trembled all over after hearing what Hu Ji Ya said, but she did not dare to resist. Hu Ji Ya held her hand without much strength, but she just stood there and shed tears.
The other Champa royal family also acted as if no one was missing among them, and did not react at all. It was just that the person who was originally walking behind the girl took a few steps forward to fill the empty space.
Hu Jisao ordered his eunuchs to bring the girl to his bedroom. It was still daytime, and he had other things to deal with, so he would not enjoy the girl for the time being.
After a while, Hu Jiya came to the meeting hall where he was here and asked a general named Hu Lie: "Are there any Champa people still resisting in the city?"
"Reporting to the Supreme King, groups of people who resisted have been executed, but it is difficult to ensure that all the remaining Champa people are respectful to me, Dayu. If a person of high status goes out, he must not go out without many guards around him." Hu Lie said. He really wanted to say, 'All the Champa people who dared to resist were killed,' but if someone attacked Hu Ji Yao while he was inspecting the city, he, Hu Lie, would probably be executed by Hu Ji Yao, so he decided to tell the truth.
Hu Ji Ya did not blame Hu Lie for this. Although most people do not care who the ruler is, there will always be some people who miss Jaya Sanghavarman V, the king of Champa who has fled. Moreover, Annan's army entered the city. It's not like Qiu has done nothing wrong. It's normal for a few people to still want to resist or retaliate against them.
"Let those Champa people who have taken refuge with us restore order in the city, establish the system of lifang and the method of continuous sitting, and eliminate the last people who want to resist." Hu Jisao ordered.
"Yes, the Supreme King." Hu Lie agreed.
"As for you Pan Mahiu," Hu Jiya looked at another general: "Lead the troops south and see if you can catch up with Jaya Sanghavarman V. This name is too confusing, so I'd better call him Ming. Let’s give the country the name ‘Champa’s Lai’. Try to catch up with Champa’s Lai. Even if you can’t catch up, you won’t be able to give him any room to stop and breathe, and defeat all the troops who dare to stay to block the attack.”
"Your Majesty, where did the pursuit stop?" Pan Maxiu asked.
"If there is no Champa army that can stop you, you stop thirty miles north of Nha Trang and retreat here. Nha Trang is another important city in Champa. Not only is the city solid and the population large, but there is also a somewhat An army with strong combat power is not so easy to capture."
"And this time we have no plans to destroy Champa. Although Champa is not big, it is not a country that we can swallow up in one go. After a few days, I plan to negotiate a peace with Lai of Champa and bring Indra to Pura. The city was handed over to him again, and he only asked him to cede the two states of Chandong and Gulei. Champa is not strong now, and Chenla is in civil strife. He has no help to deal with our Dayu, so he will definitely agree to negotiate a peace. I have the name of the new territory. After thinking about it, we will call them Guangnan Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture." Hu Jisao said.
Hu Ji Yao's plan had been mentioned to his generals before and was approved by them, so Hu Lie and Pan Maxiu didn't have any big reaction. They just agreed and went down to do what they should do.
After all the generals had retreated and he and another man who looked slightly sinister were the only ones in the palace, Hu Jiya asked: "Is there anything going on in the country these days?"
"Your Majesty, the news came from Xijing (today's Hu Chaocheng) ten days ago. Young Master Wang Xianyu and others still had no unusual behavior at all. They only went to the Yamen every day to work on errands or go home, and did not go anywhere else; some minor I have been having more gatherings these days, but I haven’t heard them say anything out of the ordinary.”
"Chen Tianping has not been caught yet, but he has found traces he left near Laos. He is probably still in that area now. He has ordered the army in that area to continue the search. Eleven other people who opposed Dayu were arrested. After they were captured, the king has executed them. But there are still dozens of people including Pei Boqi who have not yet been captured." said the very sinister Pan Peizhu, the leader of Hu Jiya's secret agents.
"We cannot relax our vigilance and continue to monitor Wang Xianyu and others; as for the search for rebellious ministers, let's relax a little, and don't be too nervous in the country; but we cannot relax for a moment in the search for Chen Tianping, we must catch him as soon as possible," Hu Jishao said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Pan Peizhu replied.
Hu Jisao gave him a few more instructions and asked him to retreat.
After that, Hu Jishen stood alone in the palace and turned out the paper with the names of Wang Xianyu and others, and whispered: "I don't know if you really surrendered, or if you pretended to surrender and conspired to overthrow my rule. I hope you can really do it." Surrender, enough blood has been shed in Dayu, and I don’t want to bleed any more."
"Although my surname is not Chen and I am not a member of the Chen family, I am wiser than all the monarchs in the later Chen Dynasty. Why can't you accept me as your monarch?"
In fact, although Champa is not a small country, Annan, which was renamed Dayu by Hu Jisu, is much more powerful than Champa. If most of the forces can be devoted to the war to conquer Champa, it is possible to destroy Champa in one fell swoop. However, After that, it will fall into the "vast ocean of people's war" for a certain period of time. But Annan is not the Ming Dynasty. The monarch can stay in Champa permanently and adjust the appropriate occupation strategy at any time. After 20 or 30 years, most areas of Champa will be almost completely digested.
But it was impossible for Annan to devote most of his power to Champa at this time. Hu Ji-sao had to use most of his power domestically, otherwise the country he established might be overthrown. Even if he occupied Champa, it would be newly established. The Annan dynasty was destroyed.
Hu Jisao stood here and murmured to himself for a while, then called the civil and military officials to come in and continue to deal with other matters.
Time passed very quickly in the busy schedule, and it soon became dark. After Hu Jishao finished handling the last thing, he stretched himself and planned to go back to his dormitory to rest. There was a young girl waiting for him to enjoy in the palace.
Thinking of the beautiful girl waiting for him, his spirit, which was exhausted by many things, became high again, and he asked his servants to lead the way to the dormitory.
But at this moment, a very loud shout suddenly came from outside the palace: "Urgent report from Xijing, urgent report from Xijing!"
"It's really disappointing." Hu Jiyou muttered. But since it was an urgent report, he would not postpone it to tomorrow and sat down again.
Soon one of his guards came in with a small wooden box, walked up to Hu Jiyou and said: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent message from your Majesty from Xijing."
"Do you know what it is about?" Hu Jiyou asked as he took the box.
"The Supreme King, according to the person who sent the message, is related to the Ming Dynasty." the guard said.
"Is it related to the Ming Dynasty? Didn't an envoy from the Ming Dynasty come to Xijing more than ten days ago to convey the decree? Is there anything related to the Ming Dynasty?" Hu Jisao was a little confused.
When he opened the wooden box and read the contents, his doubtful expression disappeared immediately and was gradually replaced by solemnity. While looking at it, he said: "It was exposed so soon? Chen Tianping actually ran to the Ming Dynasty?"
"But he should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty after the first day of the first lunar month. Otherwise, there would not have been the previous imperial edict to confer Han Cang as the king."
"The emperor of the Ming Dynasty must be very angry because he was deceived by me. The emperors of all unified countries in the Central Plains are very arrogant. If they are deceived by me, a barbarian in his eyes, they will definitely become angry."
"So we must delay for some time, and we cannot give the Ming Kingdom an excuse to start a war now. Otherwise, if he gets angry and raises troops, Annan will suffer heavy losses even if he successfully blocks the Ming Kingdom's attack."
Hu Jishen said to himself in a very low voice while looking at the document.
After he put down the paperwork, he thought for a while, then picked up the pen and wrote something.
Half an hour later, he finished writing what he wanted to write, folded it, and asked another guard to take out a small wooden box, put the letter in and sealed it, handed it to the guard in front of him and said: "Send it back to Xijing, Lord. There."
The guard agreed, took the wooden box and turned around to leave.
Hu Jisao thought for a moment and returned to the dormitory. But at this time, he no longer had the desire to enjoy the woman's beautiful body, allowing the girl in the dormitory to escape.
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In Xijing, Annan, Hu Huan received Hu Jishan's letter. After reading it carefully, he said to himself: "My father's thoughts are the same as mine. I will use this method to delay the Ming Dynasty's envoy for a while, and then Delaying the emperor and civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty for a period of time will always delay time for a few more days."
He then said loudly: "Go to the embassy, I am going to see the envoy from the Ming Dynasty."
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Thanks to book friend Chiqiao Lanjin for the reward.