But it is said that Jia Ke took his troops to Xiaoxing and stayed overnight for more than a month before arriving in Yunnan.
When Jia Ke arrived in Kunming with a large group of troops, the governor of Yunnan and his officials were already waiting there ten miles away from Kunming City.
After Guo Yu, the governor of Yunnan, received the news that Jia Ke was leading his troops south, he immediately ordered people to stock up on food and grass and put troops on the border on heightened alert. He was afraid that the small countries on the border would attack in advance after getting the news.
Fortunately, those small countries did not expect that the Celestial Kingdom, which has always been tolerant and generous, would send troops southward. They were still immersed in the idea that as long as they were short of money, it would be like invading the Celestial Kingdom. In the future, as long as they submit a few letters of apology, they would be able to
When things are settled.
Jia Ke arrived at the outskirts of Kunming and met with the officials from Yunnan who came to greet him. He then took his troops to the outside of Kunming and stationed them. He took his own soldiers and followed the governor of Yunnan, Guo Yu, to the city of Kunming, which had long been under attack.
The house he prepared.
When we arrived here, Jia Ke sat in the middle, with dozens of generals under his command standing on both sides, and below was the civil and military minister of Yunnan.
"Guo Yu, Governor of Yunnan."
Upon hearing Jia Ke's call, Guo Yu hurried out of work and knelt down to salute Jia Ke.
"Master Guo, there is no need to be polite, please come quickly."
Only now did Guo Yu dare to stand up, and then glanced up with some trepidation. After all, he was the governor of Yunnan appointed during the reign of the Supreme Emperor. Now that the court was in charge of Jia Ke, his official position depended on Jia Ke's expression.
"Master Guo, how are the preparations of the wolf soldiers everywhere now?"
"Returning to the prince, all the wolf soldiers from all over the country have been assembled and are stationed in the south of Kunming City."
After hearing this, Jia Ke looked down, but found no people in ethnic minority costumes.
"Who is the leader of the wolf soldiers? Why doesn't anyone come?"
After Guo Yu heard this, he said nonchalantly: "The barbarian people are qualified to come to see you."
When Jia Ke heard this, he knew that these southern ethnic minorities were discriminated against by the Han people to the extent that even generals commanding 80,000 troops were not qualified to enter this hall.
However, Jia Ke could not correct these people's ideas for a while, after all, these scholar-officials were very stubborn.
Jia Ke then changed the topic, "How is the food and grass collection going?"
Guo Yujian asked that he was not sloppy at all in his business, "When I return to King Yan, all the food and grass have been collected, and I have notified all parts of Yunnan to prepare more than 100,000 strong men for you, ready to report to you at any time."
Delivering food and grass to the front line."
Jia Ke was still satisfied after hearing this. It seemed that the governor of Yunnan was still capable and capable of doing things.
In the next few days, Jia Ke ordered his men and horses to rendezvous with the wolf soldiers, and then 20,000 elite troops drawn from all over Yunnan had arrived. They were waiting for the men and horses from Guangxi to arrive before heading south.
As a result, the troops from Guangxi arrived in Yunnan on the third day, led by Wu Lu, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi.
Seeing that the troops were ready, Jia Ke immediately ordered Yunnan Governor Guo Yu to deliver the credentials to King Annan.
The general meaning of this letter of credence is this: Annan, as a vassal state, has repeatedly violated the Celestial Dynasty. Today, the King of Yan, who is a thousand years old and commanding millions of soldiers, intends to hunt Annan. If the king of Annan still has a trace of regret, he should come here with his hair spread.
Please forgive me, this can save the lives of Annan Kingdom and keep the ancestral temple of King Annan intact.
Guo Yu sent this letter of credence to Thang Long City, the capital of Annan.
While Jia Ke was waiting for Annan King Ruan Zhengyu's reply, he was not idle either.
Ever since he got Jia Mu's book on making instruments, he had started studying with new methods. This time, attacking Annan could be regarded as a small test.
The craftsmen from General Jia Ke, as well as famous craftsmen from all over Yunnan, gathered together and handed out the drawings one by one for them to make carefully.
These craftsmen have been craftsmen for several lifetimes. If you ask them to invent something, they are not capable of it, but their exquisite craftsmanship has been passed down for several lifetimes.
As soon as Jia Ke's drawings were delivered to these old craftsmen, they gathered together to study them carefully for a day or two, and finally started to make them, and soon the things on the same paper were sent to Jia Ke.
Jia Ke looked at these things carefully and was very satisfied.
The most powerful of these instruments are the eight-oxen crossbow, the catapult, and the ramming vehicle.
Among them, the Eight Ox Crossbow is the most delicate and complex to make, but its power can be said to be at its peak in ancient times.
This eight-niu crossbow can shoot a distance of one or two thousand steps, and can also shoot multiple arrows at once. When the bed crossbow shoots multiple arrows, it is necessary to install an iron bucket on the string, put dozens of arrows in it, and shoot them all at once, forming a
Coverage and damage. This is simply an ancient machine gun. If a dozen of these eight-oxen crossbows are placed in front of the formations of the two armies, the enemy army will not be able to approach the formation no matter how many people there are.
While Jia Ke was tinkering with these strange and obscene techniques, Annan King Ruan Zhengyu was so angry that he received the letter of credence.
In Ruan Zhengyu's mind, although the northern dynasty was huge in territory, its soldiers were very cowardly. Since he came to the throne, he had invaded the north more than ten times, and each time he returned with a full load.
As for the northern dynasty, the most they could punish themselves was to send envoys to hold them accountable, but as long as they said a few nice words, they would be fine.
In this way, Ruan Zhengyu believed that the Chinese army was weak and only relied on its huge size to overwhelm the south. If there was a real fight, he would not be afraid of him.
Now the other party actually sent him a letter of credence and asked him to go and plead guilty. How could he bear this?
So Ruan Zhengyu became furious and wanted to send someone to execute the envoy.
Although Ruan Zhengyu is already a little arrogant, the ministers under him are sober.
This person was none other than his Prime Minister Li Guangqing. When he saw that the king was about to execute the envoy, he hurriedly came out to stop him.
"Your Majesty, please don't do this. Although the Northern Dynasty invaded for no reason this time, you still have two armies fighting against each other and did not kill the envoy. I would like to ask the king to pause the thunder and put this man back. This will also show the national prestige of our Da'an Southern Kingdom."
Although Ruan Zhengyu was still furious after hearing this, he calmed down temporarily. Then he said to the envoy: "Go back and tell that Jia Ke of yours that I, Da'an Nanguo, will dominate the south with millions of soldiers. If he dares
Come, I will wipe out his entire army, and his heads will hang in Thang Long City."
The envoy had been frightened by Ruan Zhengyu just now. Now he had no refutation of Ruan Zhengyu's words and only agreed.
Seeing the cowardly appearance of the envoy, Ruan Zhengyu couldn't help but become more confident, so he waved his hand to the soldiers to drive the envoy away.
After the envoy was driven away, Ruan Zhengyu said to the civil and military officials in the hall: "The Northern Dynasty is unkind and invades our border. Now I want to lead a large army to conquer. What do you think?"
All the civil and military officials in the hall began to talk after hearing this.
Most of these people are still very afraid of the Celestial Kingdom, because they know that the Celestial Kingdom has a huge territory and a countless population. If they really want to be in trouble with the Annan Kingdom, the Annan Kingdom has a small land and few people, so who can be their opponent?
Even if the Annan Kingdom can win temporarily, the northern dynasty will not give up and sends people to attack continuously. If the time drags on for a long time, even the delay can bring Annan down.
Now we are able to gain some upper hand in the fight with the Celestial Empire, but it is just because the Celestial Empire did not concentrate its energy on the south. Now that the Celestial Dynasty King Yan leads his troops south, I am afraid that he will have to settle the accounts with the Annan Kingdom.
The Shenwu Guard General Ruan Tiande knew very well that compared to the Celestial Dynasty, Annan's strength was like the light of a firefly, compared to Haoyue.
Moreover, Ruan Tiande knew more clearly that the center of gravity of the Celestial Empire was in the north, and their elite troops were in the north to resist the Tatars. The troops in the south were just old, weak, sick and disabled.
If the Celestial Empire transferred its elite divisions from the north to the south to conquer Annan, Annan's army would probably be even worse based on the bravery of those sergeants who have been fighting against the Tatars all year round.
Now Ruan Tiande was very anxious when he heard that the emperor wanted to lead his troops north to confront the Celestial Empire, so he went out to dissuade him and said: "Your Majesty, the Celestial Empire is powerful. This time when King Yan of the Celestial Empire leads his troops southward, he must lead the troops from the north.
To fight against the elites of the Tatars is to fight with them, which is like striking an egg against a stone. What is more important is to send envoys north to sue for peace."
After Ruan Zhengyu heard this, he smashed a piece of jadeite in his hand directly on the ground. Now he was so angry that his face was red. If it weren't for the fact that Ruan Tiande and himself were of the same race, he would have pulled him out and beheaded him.
"Shut up! There is no one who has not fought yet, but first builds up the ambition of others and destroys his own prestige."
Seeing the king's anger, Li Guangqing was afraid that Ruan Zhengyu would do something to Ruan Tiande in his anger, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, Ruan Tiande is speechless, please forgive him this time."
After hearing these words, Ruan Zhengyu finally suppressed his anger, so he flicked his sleeves and said to Ruan Tiande: "I miss you, let's forget it this time, but from now on, go back and take care of yourself."
Ruan Tiande was now in ruins, but he had no choice. In the end, he could only kneel down on the Golden Palace and kowtow to the king a few times. Then he tremblingly took off the black gauze on his head and put it aside. Finally he stood up and trembled.
He walked out of the hall tremblingly.
At this time, all the objections of the civil and military officials in the court were swallowed up in their stomachs, and they did not dare to speak out anymore. Even Ruan Tiande, the elders of the past few dynasties and relatives of the emperor, were driven out of the court. They went out to admonish,
Wouldn't that mean everyone's head falls to the ground immediately?
Ruan Zhengyu saw that all the civil and military officials in the dynasty were silent. He slapped the table angrily and said: "I want to go north. What do you think? Please tell me quickly."
At this time, Ding Xiaochun, as the Taiwei, could only stand up and say: "Your Majesty, since we want to go north to fight the enemy, we must be fully prepared."
Ruan Zhengyu saw that someone finally came out to say something serious, so he hurriedly said: "Old love, it's okay to say it."
Ding Xiaochun raised his hand and said: "I think that if we gather the elites from all over the country, especially the four elephant taming guards and the horse idle four guards, as long as we have these eight guards and the cooperation of other guards, we may be able to defeat the current army."